Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

A recent study presents a new way to understand life by describing it as a cascade of machines producing machines, spanning from molecular to biosphere levels. What is life? This question remains the ...