The origin of the first living molecules on our planet has long been debated. However, recent experiments are revealing new ...
“Microlightning” exchanges among water droplets could have sparked the building blocks of life on ancient Earth, new research finds. Here, a wave breaks on White Sand Beach on the Thai island of Koh ...
Building on the original Miller-Urey experiments, new work shows that some ingredients of the "primordial soup" came from a thoroughly unexpected place. The results may have implications for our ...
GREENBELT, Md. – Lightning and gases from volcanic eruptions could have given rise to the first life on Earth, according to a new analysis of samples from a classic origin-of-life experiment by NASA ...
A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for the RNA world hypothesis, one of the leading theories on how life began on ...
In the 1931 movie “Frankenstein,” Dr. Henry Frankenstein howling his triumph was an electrifying moment in more ways than one. As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster ...
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