Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.
Scientists now question how life’s building blocks first appeared before LUCA, reshaping our search for life beyond Earth.
A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sun's distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images A popular model of evolution ...
Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.
Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...
The study of the origin of life and prebiotic chemistry seeks to elucidate how inanimate chemical systems transitioned into self‐sustaining, evolving entities. Research in this field integrates ...