News Stories relating to "origins of life"
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Astronomers continue in their quest to discover alien life forms in the cosmos, but naturalists suggest that they should look closer to home as there is still a host of undiscovered species lurking on our own planet.
This month a species that has defied classification for thirty years has finally been named by scientists, though they...
Friday, July 29, 2011
In a laboratory in San Diego, a team of chemists and biologists are trying to create life
in a test tube filled with liquid. Scientists don't all agree on what the definition of life is, but they DO agree that it must have the ability to evolve and...
Friday, February 2, 2001
Scientists working to replicate the harsh conditions of space, with its cold temperatures, radiation and lack of air,have managed to get artificial cell membranes to form, proving that life could have originated in space. For life toexist in cellular form, each cell must be surrounded by a protective membrane. These cells then combine together...