What is life and how did it arise from non-life? Is it as simple as the random organization of complex chemicals on the early Earth? What are the pathways whereby chemicals...
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The Gap Between Non-Life and Life
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What is the special nature of life? What are life’s distinguishing characteristics? What is the gap between nonlife and life—and how to bridge the gap? On the other end, what is the biology of death? Must death be inevitable?