Most life on Earth is microbes. we've only just scratched the surface of the microbial realm. Probably less than .1% of microbes… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The vast majority of terrestrial species are in fact microbes, and scientists have only begun scratching the surface of the microbial realm.… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
What we want is another sample of life, which is not on our tree of life at all. All life that we've… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, I often used to lie awake at night, in fearful anticipation of some unpleasant event the following day, such… — Paul Davies Copy Share
So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most obvious and… — Paul Davies Copy Share
I think if we're going to send messages to the stars then it needs a great deal of thought that it's something that should… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Studying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself. — Paul Davies Copy Share
Cancer cells come pre-programmed to execute a well-defined cascade of changes, seemingly designed to facilitate both their enhanced survival and their dissemination through the… — Paul Davies Copy Share
It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion. — Paul Davies Copy Share
“Until now, I've been writing about "now" as if it were literally an instant of time, but of course human faculties are not infinitely… — Paul Davies Copy Share
A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly… — Paul Davies Copy Share
The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled amid the… — Paul Davies Copy Share
Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin… — Paul Davies Copy Share
