Articles related to "Abiogenesis"

Spontaneous generation is the debunked idea that life can, on a daily basis, arise from nonliving material. Abiogenesis attempts to explain how life on Earth began.

The assertion that life can instantaneously arise from nonliving matter is called spontaneous generation. Here are the critical experiments that busted the myth.

A controversial theory for the origin of cells on Earth is panspermia, which suggests they might have arrived from outer space.

Learn how Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an uneducated Dutch merchant, discovered the microscopic world of animalcules and forever changed biological science.

This collection of articles provides basic information about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, their structure, function, differences and similarities.

Germ Theory is the concept that microorganisms can cause disease, and this theory is the foundation of modern medicine. Here is a summary of some key discoveries.

Conditions in the early Solar System and on the pre-biotic Earth determined the availability of the chemicals to create life.

There are only two basic types of cells, primitive prokaryotes and the more complex eukaryotes. Here are the main features that distinguish these cell types.

In 2011, a collection of organisms, representing Earth's three domains of life, will blast off on a 34-month journey to the Martian moon, Phobos, and back to Earth