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@persagen@mastodon.socialBreakthrough in Solving Mystery of Life’s Origin
https://www.404media.co/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-solving-the-mystery-of-lifes-origin
* researchers puzzled over how 2 ingredients for life 1st linked up on early Earth
* demonstrated reaction in lab: aqueous, neutral pH
Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation & peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09388-y
How the first proteins might have assembled, sparking life
https://www.science.org/content/article/here-s-how-first-proteins-might-have-assembled-sparking-life
RNA could have helped amino acids join up without preexisting protein machinery
How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth? https://arstechni.ca/Rt2e #radioisotopedating #Earthscience #originoflife #Features #Science #Biology #geology
A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age…
Ars TechnicaMolecular Origin of Life: What Formed First – Protein, DNA or RNA or a Combination Thereof?
‘Several questions about origin of life have been answered, but much remains to be studied’’ said Stanley Miller and Harold Urey way back in 1959...........
#biology #DNA #originoflife #PROTEIN #Rajeevsoni #Reviews #RNA
Rajeev Soni
The unreasonable likelihood of being - #OriginOfLife, terraforming, and AI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18545 -> What Were the Chances of Abiogenesis? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-were-the-chances-of-abiogenesis
The origin of life on Earth via the spontaneous emergence…
arXiv.org17-Jul-2025
On the origins of life: recreating cellular #metabolism
Researchers have reached a crucial step in understanding how living cells may have evolved from nonliving matter
Today, scientists work to develop synthetic cells that…
EurekAlert!https://www.europesays.com/2227934/ ‘Space Ice’ Experiments Pour Cold Water on Panspermia Origin of Life Theories #AmorphousIce #CambridgeUniversity #OriginOfLife #panspermia #space #SpaceIce #UniversityCollegeLondon
ScienceDaily: How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds…
In a study, researchers report that 635 million to 720 million years ago, during periods known as "Snowball Earth," when much of the planet was covered in ice, some of our ancient cellular ancestors could have waited things out in meltwater ponds... #originoflife #evolution #geologicaltime #extinction
In a study, researchers report that 635 million to…
for much deliberationScienceDaily: How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds…
In a study, researchers report that 635 million to 720 million years ago, during periods known as "Snowball Earth," when much of the planet was covered in ice, some of our ancient cellular ancestors could have waited things out in meltwater ponds... #originoflife #evolution #geologicaltime #extinction
In a study, researchers report that 635 million to…
for much deliberation28-May-2025
Chemists recreate how #RNA might have reproduced for first time
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085301 #science #astrobiology #RNAworld #OriginOfLife
Chemists at UCL (University College London) and the…
EurekAlert!
New preprint drop: The PEG Reactor is now live on OSF!
What if symbolic overload isn’t just noise—but a structural force?
A thought experiment meets proto-biotic recursion: vibrational logic, nested feedback, and the architecture of self.
Read here 
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/nzsw3_v1
#Biophysics #OriginOfLife #SymbolicSystems #SyntheticBiology #OpenScience #RecursiveCollapse #RCM
Tiny Sparks in Water May Have Triggered Life on Earth, a New Study Suggests
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64211848/microlightning-life-on-earth/
#science #biology #microbiology #planetaryscience #evolution #evolutionarybiology #earthscience #earth #originoflife
We may not have needed full-blown lightning.
Popular Mechanics#originoflife #informationtheory #ComplexSystems #CollectiveBehavior #evolutionarydynamics #biogels #informationtheory #philosophy #philosophyofscience #philosophyofmaths #qotojournal #biology #evolution #economy #incomedistribution #anthropology #culturalevolution #archeology
#informationtheory #ComplexSystems #CollectiveBehavior #evolutionarydynamics #biogels #informationtheory #philosophy #philosophyofscience #philosophyofmaths #qotojournal #biology #evolution #economy #incomedistribution #anthropology #culturalevolution #archeology #networkscience #complexnetworks
An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry VI - Landscape
https://wjbeaver.wixsite.com/mysite/post/newark-earthworks-landscape-time-and-memory
23-Jan-2025
Terahertz pulses induce #chirality in a non-chiral crystal
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071529
intriguing. Could perhaps another far-fetched explanation for the #homochirality of #biomolecules be based on this? #science #physics #OriginOfLife #astrobiology
Chirality is a fundamental property of matter that…
EurekAlert!28-Nov-2024
Scientists reveal possible role of iron sulfides in creating life in terrestrial hot springs
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066350 #science
#OriginOfLife #astrobiology
An international team of scientists recently published…
EurekAlert!#originoflife #informationtheory #ComplexSystems #CollectiveBehavior #evolutionarydynamics #biogels #informationtheory #philosophy #philosophyofscience #philosophyofmaths #qotojournal #biology #evolution #economy #incomedistribution #anthropology #culturalevolution #archeology
#informationtheory #ComplexSystems #CollectiveBehavior #evolutionarydynamics #biogels #informationtheory #philosophy #philosophyofscience #philosophyofmaths #qotojournal #biology #evolution #economy #incomedistribution #anthropology #culturalevolution #archeology #networkscience #complexnetworks
An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry V - Time
https://wjbeaver.wixsite.com/mysite/post/an-exercise-in-middle-woodland-geometry-v
Dem Ursprung des Lebens auf der Spur entwickelte der Evolutionsbiologe William Martin von der Uni Düsseldorf die #Hypothese, dass GTP der Vorläufer von #ATP als universeller Energieträger gewesen sein muss. Karin Lauschke erklärte er sie genauer: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3114.php #OriginOfLife
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Peptides in Stardust May Have Provided Shortcut to Life
https://www.quantamagazine.org/peptides-on-stardust-may-have-provided-a-shortcut-to-life-20220308
All 5 building blocks of DNA, RNA found in meteorites from Canada, U.S., Australia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/meteorites-ingredients-life-1.6432333
First evidence of cell membrane molecules in space
All cells on Earth are made of phospholipid membranes. Now astronomers have found the component molecules in interstellar space.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/first-evidence-of-cell-membrane-molecules-in-space
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29139126
The discovery that short peptides can form spontaneously…
Quanta Magazine @persagen@mastodon.social/1 older:
Uracil in carbonaceous asteroid 162173/Ryugu
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36904-3
Origins of building blocks of life
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230111104321.htm
RNA compound & vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Earth asteroid
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/world/ryugu-asteroid-organic-molecules-scn/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35259595
Scientists Discover Protein in Meteorite
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-discover-protein-meteorite
First evidence of cell membrane molecules in space
https://www.astronomy.com/science/first-evidence-of-cell-membrane-molecules-in-space
Uracil was identified in the sample returned from the…
Nature