In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist?… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
I suppose my interest in looking for life elsewhere in the universe really dates back to my teens. What teenager doesn't look… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The language of chemistry simply does not mesh with that of biology. Chemistry is about substances and how they react, whereas biology… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Studying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
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 Image
It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
