Lifeform

-In a world where oxygen destroyed life, what was the first life?Was life really centered on carbon from the very beginning?Is oxygen really necessary for life?And does a "silicon lifeform" really have to make silicon itself the subject of its life activi

A model of a microbe cell revealed that methane-producing organisms could potentially emerge on a wide variety of exoplanets, which can inform the search for extraterrestrial life.

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A group of researchers has coaxed life to do something it has never done before - bond silicon to carbon - and the implications may be profound.