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Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

16 April 2020

The first living organisms had to make essential carbon-based chemicals, and they may have done it by harnessing the chemical power of metals like nickel

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

5 March 2020

A mixture of two carbon-based chemicals can spontaneously form molecules that can copy themselves, hinting at how life may have begun on Earth

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Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

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