Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is a truly cosmic phenomenon. If so, there may well... →
Paul Davies
So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most obvious and straightforward way... →
The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.
An argument often given for why Earth couldn't host another form of life is that once the life we know became established, it would have... →
In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its... →
The vast majority of terrestrial species are in fact microbes, and scientists have only begun scratching the surface of the microbial realm. It is... →
The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will... →
Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved... →
If we do discover more than one type of life on Earth, we can be fairly certain that the universe is teeming with it, for it would be inconceivable... →
Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to recreate... →