A cosmic imperative: make life. (the possible discovery of life on Mars leads to renewed speculation as to the origin of all life)(Brief Article)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: August 19, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

While astronomers are doing backflips over the prospect of bacteria on Mars, the news comes as no surprise to the biologists who study the origins of life on Earth. They think creating life is probably a cinch, as long as you have the right ingredients. First and foremost is water that is liquid, rather than solid or gaseous. Second is organic carbon compounds, the basis for the chemical interactions that sustain every living cell. Carbon is the perfect element for life because it is among the most abundant substances in the universe and can combine with other elements to create ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE
; Headline Only.
Building blocks of life found on Europa
; ...presence of all the building blocks for life to form on one of...molecules (one of the building blocks of life) or at least some...exploration for life on Europa," McCord...have some of these building blocks. Scientists surmise...
Red dust may contain the building blocks of life
; The building blocks of life may have been found in a ring of red dust surrounding...molecules of the type believed to have given birth to life on Earth. It is the first time evidence of life's chemical precursors has been detected outside the...
COMET HAS INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE 'BUILDING BLOCKS' IN A CLOUD OF GASES.(NEWS)
; ...themselves have been ''both givers and takers''' of life on earth in the distant past, and perhaps in the future...origins as well,'' said NASA scientist Dale Cruikshank. ''Life on Earth is connected to star dust.'' Early collisions...started.'' For many biologists tracing the origins of life on Earth, ...
ORGANIC CHEMICAL MIX DISCOVERED IN COMET HALE-BOPP SHOWING SIGNS IT CONTAINS KEY BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE.(News/National/International)
; ...Hale-Bopp themselves have been ``both givers and takers'' of life on Earth in the distant past, and perhaps in the future...origins as well,'' said NASA scientist Dale Cruikshank. ``Life on Earth is connected to stardust.'' Early collisions...started.'' For many biologists tracing the origins of life on ...
Studies duplicate building blocks needed for life.
; ...for the start of life. Now, in two separate...Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which...not prove that life on Earth actually...growing list of building blocks that might have...development of life, he said. Everett...figure out how life started, or where ...
What was life's first sunblock?(organic polymers in oceans may have acted as ancient sunscreen for primordial building blocks of life)(Brief Article)
; ...shielded the primordial building blocks of life from destruction by ultraviolet...Miller showed how the organic building blocks of life could have developed in...protecting newly formed organic building blocks. Furthermore, the biochemists...
Life's Building Blocks May Have Been Ice Cubes
; ...Things Considered 02-23-2008 Life's Building Blocks May Have Been Ice Cubes...scientist to suggest that the building blocks of life could form in the tiny pockets...you actually recreated the building blocks of life? Dr. BADA: That's correct...
Building Blocks with Pertemps.(Business)
; ...tackles challenges in life and in business with...closest to his heart - Building Blocks, the registered charity...young people away from a life of crime. Established...to get involved with Building Blocks. We are urging businesses...
Cosmic soot.(ASTRONOMY)(polyaromatic hydrocarbons the building blocks of life)(Brief Article)
; ...star and planet formation, and they are among the building blocks of life. These chemicals form whenever carbon-based materials...he says. That, in turn, suggests that planets and life had early opportunities to emerge in the universe...