The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...
New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...
In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...
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Life on Earth may have begun with a violent impact, and scientists just recreated it
A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...
Dr. Cech is a biochemist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” from which this essay is adapted. From E=mc² to splitting the atom ...
We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...
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