The pursuit of understanding the origins of life (OoL) on and off Earth and the search for
extraterrestrial life (ET) are central aspects of astrobiology. Despite the considerable efforts …

While it is often believed that the origins of life required participation of early biomolecules, it
has been recently proposed that “non-biomolecules”, which would have been just as, if not …

An ideal life detection instrument would have high sensitivity but be insensitive to abiotic
processes and would be capable of detecting life with alternate molecular structures. In this …

Synthesis of polyester gels via dehydration of α‐hydroxy acids (αHAs) is a plausible route to
form primitive functional polymers. αHApolyester gels assemble into membraneless droplets …

Polyester microdroplets have been investigated as primitive protocell models that can
exhibit relevant primitive functions such as biomolecule segregation, coalescence, and salt …

The creation of the universe out of nothing (ex nihilo) is attributable to the eternal God.
Would a direct divine intervention be needed for other singular events, such as the origin of …

We would like to thank all the commentators for their incisive but encouraging support to our
hypothesis addressing the potential involvement of the insoluble organic matter (IOM) …

The birth of human is a miracle in earth history, and the earliest human could be traced back
to Sahelanthropus tchadensis, who had existed for at least about seven million years. In …