Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life. This molecule can have different chiralities based on how its […]
Category: origin of life
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it’s not clear why
NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at […]
Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division
It’s (probably not) alive! It only works for a few divisions thanks to a lot of added materials. SpudCells in […]
We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
Skip to content All your base are belong to… asteroids? This week’s result is just the latest in a growing […]
Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life. By base pairing with themselves, RNAs can […]