How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

For centuries, humanity has pondered one of the greatest mysteries: how did life begin on Earth? Traditional theories have ...

Life on Earth has always depended on nitrogen. As a building block of proteins and DNA, nitrogen is essential to all living ...

The earliest days of Earth held secrets that scientists are still trying to uncover. One of the greatest mysteries is how life began. A key part of the answer lies in a rare element: phosphorus. This ...

It is the ultimate mystery of biology: How did life begin? A team of Harvard scientists has brought us closer to an answer by creating artificial cell-like chemical systems that simulate metabolism, ...

The mystery of how life on Earth originated , and whether it exists elsewhere in the universe, are "the raison d’être of space exploration", said Louis Friedman, co-founder of the Planetary Society.

The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It’s one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...

When and where did life on Earth begin? What ingredients does the recipe for life require? Is there life out there beyond the stars, and if so, did it arise in the same way? Or are we alone in the ...

This week’s question was asked by Hannah Walters, fourth grade at Miller School. Teacher: Peggy Chapman. QUESTION: How did life start on Earth? ANSWER: An excellent question with no real answer.