The Cell of Life

Think you are whole?  Think again!  As it turns out, we are colonies of cells.  We evolved from a single-celled organism. Or did we?  We actually evolved chemically.  As entropy unfolds, the most likely formation of molecules becomes life (englandlab.com/uploads/7/8/0/3/7803054/2013jcpsrep.pdf).  Proteins form into amino acids, and a cell is formed once the cell wall is …

The Origins of Life

What is life?  Based upon observations on our planet, we define life as a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not.(1)  This is generalized as biological life, focusing on organisms: cyanobacteria, bacteria, protista, fungi, plants, and animals.  All organisms have a life cycle – they acquire energy, …