In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist Nov. 13, 2024 — Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient ...

A new study is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins of life and the building blocks that led to the first genes.

The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, ...

The ongoing effort to make AI more efficient and, thereby, more profitable will likely reveal something about the origin of the most complex system known to us: Life. My reasoning? The most ...

which attempted to simulate the conditions on early Earth that likely witnessed the origin of life. While valuable in demonstrating that nonliving matter could give rise to life's building blocks ...