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Reconsidering Life’s Origin
Reconsidering Life’s Origin
Is the model of early life as a freak occurrence in a disordered, primordial soup of chemicals wrong?
Reconsidering Life’s Origin
Reconsidering Life’s Origin

Is the model of early life as a freak occurrence in a disordered, primordial soup of chemicals wrong?

Is the model of early life as a freak occurrence in a disordered, primordial soup of chemicals wrong?

books, cell & molecular biology

Contributors
The Scientist Staff | Dec 1, 2018 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2018 issue of The Scientist.
Contributors
Ben Andrew Henry | Feb 1, 2017 | 2 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2017 issue of The Scientist.
Book Excerpt from Life on the Edge
Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili | Jul 31, 2015 | 3 min read
In Chapter 4, “The quantum beat,” authors Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili rethink Newton’s apple from a quantum-biological perspective.
Setbacks and Great Leaps
Sue Armstrong | Apr 1, 2015 | 3 min read
The tale of p53, a widely studied tumor suppressor gene, illustrates the inventiveness of researchers who turn mishaps into discoveries.
Book Excerpt from p53
Sue Armstrong | Mar 31, 2015 | 4 min read
In Chapter 12, "Of Mice and Men," author Sue Armstrong recounts the point at which researchers moved from working with p53 in tissue culture to studying the gene in animal models.
Contributors
Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Chance and Necessity
Sean B. Carroll | Nov 1, 2013 | 3 min read
War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.
Book Excerpt from Brave Genius
Sean B. Carroll | Oct 31, 2013 | 4 min read
In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.
A Story Biological
John Coates | Sep 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Using scientific information as narrative can be a powerful way to communicate.
Book Excerpt from The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code
Sam Kean | Jun 30, 2012 | 3 min read
In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
Book Excerpt from Future Science: Essays From the Cutting Edge
William McEwan | Oct 1, 2011 | 3 min read
In an essay entitled "Molecular Cut and Paste: The New Generation of Biological Tools," virologist William McEwan envisions a future where viruses are reprogrammed to become the workhorses of science and medicine.
Going Viral
William McEwan | Oct 1, 2011 | 3 min read
The promise of viruses as biotech tools will help molecular biology fulfill its true potential.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 min read
First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
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