The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life began on Earth—and maybe elsewhere ...

There are a number of theories about how life began on Earth, but one new study published October 3 in ACS Nano suggests that the building blocks of life could have been created with liquid crystals.

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...

LUCA, or the last universal common ancestor, links all living organisms today and remains central to the mystery of how life ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Abiogenesis—the emergence of ...

For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil stay ...

How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists,... Did life start on the ocean floor — and what does that ...

Existential authenticity is the act of being true to existence in and of itself, rather than being true to yourself in a ...