A study on the potential origin of life titled "Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses" has been published in the journal PLOS Genetics. Researchers from the Foundation ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question could help us find life on other planets. Now, a major breakthrough has been ...

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