Scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 9, 2023
UV radiation found as an important cause of global mass extinction
Research suggests that a pulse of UV-B played an important part in the end Permian mass extinction event 250 million years ago.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 8, 2023
New discovery substantially rewrites history of life on Earth
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study that challenges the view of when life began.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 31, 2022
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA, the molecule that gave rise to life, has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations
Joseph Shavit
Dec 25, 2022
Scientists predict the discovery of life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 11, 2022
Scientists solve the genetic mystery to how all life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 8, 2022
Groundbreaking scientific discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth
3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the current view of when life began.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022
Revolutionary new drug increases human life span by 30%
Scientists may never find the elixir of life, but they are finding new ways to extend our life spans and protecting our cells from aging.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 1, 2022
All life in our solar system may have begun on Mars
When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 22, 2022
Astrophysicists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.
Joshua Shavit
Nov 18, 2022
Ancient genomes reveal hidden history of human adaptation
The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of humans
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of how all life on Earth began
Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 3, 2022
Arctic hydrothermal vent site could help in search for extraterrestrial life
Researchers believe that this vent could serve as a natural laboratory and substantially inform the search for extraterrestrial life.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 29, 2022
Remarkable "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
In the production of one of the origin-of-life molecules, researchers in Spain and Denmark have found a method for attacking cancer cells
Joseph Shavit
Oct 27, 2022
Fossil discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth, researchers find
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the view of when life began.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2022
Brocolli gas provides compelling evidence of life on other planets
These types of gases are made when organisms add a carbon and three hydrogen atoms to an undesirable chemical element.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2022
Researchers finally answer the question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 27, 2022
Fossil discovery rewrites history of life on Earth, study finds
Findings suggest a variety of microbial life may have existed on primordial Earth, potentially 300 million years after the planet formed.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 18, 2022
What killed dinosaurs and other life on earth? Not what you might think
Determining what killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period has long been the topic of debate.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 11, 2022
Scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet,
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