Building the molecules of life in the lab
The hyperbranched polymer scaffold could have been the early primitive base for the emergence of life. @t_z_jia @CerberaOdollam…
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The hyperbranched polymer scaffold could have been the early primitive base for the emergence of life. @t_z_jia @CerberaOdollam…
Fireflies are bioluminescent, which means they glow. But were they always that way? Why do they glow? Scientists used genetics tools to find…
How hard is it for evolution to produce intelligent life like humans? We don't really know, but some computational modelers tried to answer…
Biological processes might have led to greater continental crust coverage than would be expected on a planet without life.
Astrobiologists have discovered a possible new pathway for the prebiotic self-assembly of biologically important molecules by replicating…
The brain of one of popular culture’s most infamous dinosaurs helps to clarify its diet and hearing range.
Sauropods were previously thought to have had their heyday in the Late Jurassic period. Recent fossil evidence says it was probably much…
When did simple life become more complex, such as the modern animals we see today? A recent study may have uncovered evidence for one of…
Water has molded our planet into what it is today, in ways you may not have imagined! #water #waterislife
Were metabolic pathways established before life emerged? New experiments observe life-like patterns self-propagating on #mineral surfaces.…