origin of life
New study links ancient microbes with climate dynamics, potentially aiding the search for life on other planets
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The research reveals clues about the physical and chemical characteristics of Earth when life is thought to have emerged
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Key precursors for life on Earth are abundant in interstellar Molecular Clouds, could have reached Earth inside meteors
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Researchers argue that in order to recognize life’s full range of forms, we must develop a new theoretical frame
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Researchers at Simon Fraser University have isolated a genetic clue—an enzyme known as an RNA polymerase—that provides new insights about the origins of life
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A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured out how to use oxygen long before the main event
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Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed
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Researchers screened a wide variety of simple organic compounds to see if they could form polymers under early Earth conditions
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