Two essential questions about life in the UniverseThe book 'Is Earth Exceptional' explores the origins of life on Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life using scientific exploration and probability.
Comet Watch! On October 24, Don't Miss This Visitor From The Oort CloudThe Oort Cloud is a theoretical structure surrounding our solar system that may contain numerous icy bodies, influencing both comet activity and the origin of life on Earth.
Ground-breaking discovery from deepest ever hole dug near 'lost city'Scientists have potentially uncovered clues about the origin of life by drilling into the Earth's mantle at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field.
Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know itRainwater played a crucial role in stabilizing early cells, facilitating the evolution of complex life.
Was Life on Earth Inevitable or Incredible?The origin of life on Earth remains uncertain, highlighting the need to explore for life beyond our planet.
Ground-breaking discovery from deepest ever hole dug near 'lost city'Scientists have potentially uncovered clues about the origin of life by drilling into the Earth's mantle at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field.
Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know itRainwater played a crucial role in stabilizing early cells, facilitating the evolution of complex life.
Was Life on Earth Inevitable or Incredible?The origin of life on Earth remains uncertain, highlighting the need to explore for life beyond our planet.
"Life does not exist": The deceptively tricky task of defining lifeLife is fundamentally challenging to define, blurring the lines between living and non-living.Prominent scientists argue about the essence and existence of life, suggesting it may be an illusion.
Scientists are drilling into the ocean's 'Lost City' to find the origins of life - take a lookResearchers are investigating the origins of life by drilling into the seafloor to study ancient rocks and potential organic molecules. These studies focus on hydrothermal vents.
How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.Rain may have been crucial to the emergence of life, influencing the formation of protocells that led to early cellular evolution.
Did life on Earth begin earlier than we think? DW 08/01/2024Humanity has long questioned the origin of life on Earth, with recent studies suggesting complex life could have begun much earlier than previously thought.
The Architecture of Life | HackerNoonLife is defined as a non-equilibrium, self-reproducing chemical reaction system characterized by collective autocatalysis and various closure properties.
The Limitations of Set Theory in Understanding Biological Evolution | HackerNoonThe emergence of life is anticipated as a phase transition in an evolving universe.
Did life on Earth begin earlier than we think? DW 08/01/2024Humanity has long questioned the origin of life on Earth, with recent studies suggesting complex life could have begun much earlier than previously thought.
The Architecture of Life | HackerNoonLife is defined as a non-equilibrium, self-reproducing chemical reaction system characterized by collective autocatalysis and various closure properties.
The Limitations of Set Theory in Understanding Biological Evolution | HackerNoonThe emergence of life is anticipated as a phase transition in an evolving universe.
Scientists Drill Super Deep Into Weird Underwater StructuresThe deepest and largest mantle sample ever recovered sheds light on the origins of life billions of years ago.
Longest rock core from Earth's mantle opens window into the origins of lifeUnprecedented discovery of Earth's mantle rocks sheds light on development of life.
Scientists Drill Super Deep Into Weird Underwater StructuresThe deepest and largest mantle sample ever recovered sheds light on the origins of life billions of years ago.
Longest rock core from Earth's mantle opens window into the origins of lifeUnprecedented discovery of Earth's mantle rocks sheds light on development of life.
Ship Brings Rocky Clues to Life's Origins Up From Ocean's Lost City'Specialists have discovered a massive and rare sample of rocky material from deep in the Mid-Atlantic seabed crucial for studying the origin of life on Earth.
How did life begin on Earth? Research zeroes in on lightning strikes. - Harvard GazetteLightning strikes may have played a vital role in transforming the early Earth's atmosphere and enabling the formation of life.
Where Did Life Come From, Exactly? The Answer Is Out ThereAmino acids found on interstellar dust; life's origin both astrochemical and Earth-based.
A Test for Life Versus Non-LifeAssembly theory offers a new perspective on the emergence of life, focusing on how complex structures are assembled from smaller parts in the universe.
Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean Is Producing Oxygen, Scientists SayResearchers discovered a natural O2 factory in rocks on the ocean floor, challenging the belief that sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms were the Earth's sole oxygen producers.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesisThe discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.
Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean Is Producing Oxygen, Scientists SayResearchers discovered a natural O2 factory in rocks on the ocean floor, challenging the belief that sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms were the Earth's sole oxygen producers.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesisThe discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.
Did Life on Earth Come From Space? A New Study Gives the Theory a BoostSome building blocks essential for life, such as peptides, may form more easily in space and could have been delivered to Earth by meteorites or comets.
How did life on Earth begin? Cracks may have been the key.The study demonstrates how heat flowing through interconnected geologic cracks could produce complex building blocks of life on early Earth.
Scientists replicated Earth's earliest form of evolution in the labRNA World hypothesis suggests RNA predates lifeRNA polymerase ribozymes play crucial role in RNA evolution
Google Researchers Say They Simulated the Emergence of LifeThe emergence of self-replicating digital lifeforms from random data could provide insight into the origin of biological life.