If solved
Life made from chemistry
A living, evolving system is created in the lab from non-living chemicals, showing how life can start.
Open in the interactive tree →This would close the loop between chemistry and biology: a second origin of life demonstrated by experiment. It would show whether life is likely wherever conditions allow it.
What it brings
- Proof of a plausible route to life
- A better estimate of how common life is in the universe
- A new class of man-made living matter