Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life.
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Origin of life studies have always focused on a set of strict environments that could give rise to life. Ante-life opens new possibilities.
How can you maximize the amount of love and happiness in your life? One of history's greatest scientists found the answer: with math.
This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.
Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.
Life is the only physical system that actively uses information.
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life's emotions — even the negative ones.
Does humanity have a moral imperative to seed life on lifeless worlds? And should we avoid colonizing a planet if life already exists there?
The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth's crust.
The path of a curling stone on ice — and how it can be influenced — is a revealing metaphor for life's decisions.
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
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Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?
Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.
Frozen adversity set the stage for an explosion of diversity.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
"It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it."
Parents want the best for their kids, but resilience helps children better cope with life's unavoidable challenges.
Was there ever life on Mars? Is there life on Mars now? Did it originate there or here, on Earth? All possibilities are fascinating.
The space telescope's findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
According to Peter Ward's "Medea hypothesis," photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.