US EditionAnother Demonstration Life’s Origin Required an Intelligent Agent
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For years, DNA took the leading role in the popular imaginary: the “archive” where life is written. RNA, on the other hand, usually appears as a messenger of passage. However, for those who study the origin of life, RNA has a special charm because it combines two talents that, together, look a lot like an evolutionary start: it can store information in its nucleotides sequence and, when folded in certain forms, can act as a chemical catalyst, a …
RNA Strands with Near-Self-Replication Potential: The Key to Understanding the Origin of Life
Artist’s depiction of QT45 superimposed on a microscopy image of a frozen environment conducive to RNA replication (based on AlphaFold3 predictions) Microscope images by Elfie Chan and James Atwater According to the RNA World Hypothesis, life initiated with RNA molecules that evolved to replicate themselves. Recent discoveries reveal an RNA molecule capable of this self-replication, [...] The post RNA Strands with Near-Self-Replication Potential…
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