The Race to Create Life” is the title of the lead article in the October, 1962, issue of Harper’s Magazine. “The synthesis of an organism has long been our goal,” state the authors of a recent article ...

A chemical process used in the browning of food to give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening deep in the oceans, where it helped create the conditions necessary for life. Known as the ...

Cowritten by Sukhman Rekhi and Tchiki Davis. Remember when we were younger, when people asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up? It may seem silly to ask an eight-year-old what they hope to do ...

Solar flares three times more powerful than what we've seen in modern times may have produced the chemistry needed for life to develop by pummeling the Earth with charged particles 4 billion years ago ...