NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at […]
Tag: origin of life
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 […]
How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?
A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life. Where the microbe bodies are […]
Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Skip to content Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals. We know Earth formed […]