Scientists identify substance that may have sparked life on earth
Scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism – a set of core chemical reactions that first powered life on Earth
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 5
Tantalizing new theories on the origins of life in the universe
The origins of life in the universe remain a mystery, but the evidence collected to date suggests that life may have emerged naturally.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 11
Scientists answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 10
Scientists discover the origin of smallpox
For years, scientific estimates of when the smallpox virus first emerged have been at odds with historical records.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 30
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations that might lead to developing cancer.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 26
Breakthrough fossil study reveals the origin of living amphibians
The find also fills a gap of at least 87 million years in the known historical fossil record of the amphibian-like creature.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 31, 2022
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA, the molecule that gave rise to life, has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 11, 2022
Scientists solve the genetic mystery to how all life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 8, 2022
Groundbreaking scientific discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth
3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the current view of when life began.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 11, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of how all life on Earth began
Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 29, 2022
Remarkable "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
In the production of one of the origin-of-life molecules, researchers in Spain and Denmark have found a method for attacking cancer cells
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 27, 2022
Fossil discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth, researchers find
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the view of when life began.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 11, 2022
Scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet,
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 16, 2022
What a Martian meteorite can teach us about Earth’s origins
Researchers found the martian origin of the 4.48-billion-year-old Black Beautymeteorite, whose origin is one of the oldest regions of Mars.
Joshua Shavit
- Jun 29, 2022
New discovery offers tantalizing clues about origins of complex life
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 4, 2022
Breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth — and maybe Mars
For several hundred million years after the Moon formed, frequent impacts coupled with abundant volcanism on the planet formed basaltic lava
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 4, 2021
Where did honeybees come from? New research finds the sweet spot
Western honey bee are used for crop pollination and honey production throughout most of the world, and has a remarkable capacity for survive
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 14, 2021
Did Native Americans originate from Japan?
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study.
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