It’s not exactly known when in the history of life that cells went from being not alive, to alive. But despite not being alive, even early cells were able to replicate and divide, assuming the ...

The construction of a protocell from a materials point of view is important in understanding the origin of life. Both self-reproduction of a compartment and self-replication of an informational ...

Unfortunately for scientists, there is no videotape of the universe’s history that they can rewind to watch how life got started on Earth. Instead, they must recapitulate life in the lab to find ...