Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 ...

The mystery, which has evaded scientists for more than five decades, can be explained with rather simple chemistry, according ...

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Six scientists demonstrate in their laboratory that a sulfur compound could have been key to the appearance of the first ...

Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

Scientists discovered chemical reactions that place amino acids on tRNAs and extend peptide chains without enzymes, a key ...

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed over into biology. At the center of this progress are coacervate ...

All around the Universe, clouds of gas and dust swirl between stars, hiding tiny, reactive molecules that could hold answers to some of life’s biggest questions. Among them are strange compounds ...

He also considers the role of organic compounds delivered by asteroids in catalyzing life. Rather than treat these origin-of-life hypotheses as mutually exclusive, Dr. Willet emphasized how they can ...