So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies, irrelevant for our existence, seem as equally… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
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
In time, [a Martian] colony would grow to the point of being self- sustaining. When this stage was reached, humanity would have… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
If we do discover more than one type of life on Earth, we can be fairly certain that the universe is teeming… — 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
When I was a student almost nobody thought there was any life beyond Earth. Today it's fashionable to say that there is… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before… — 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
An argument often given for why Earth couldn't host another form of life is that once the life we know became established,… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
In the 1990s I began to study the prospects that life could spread from Mars to Earth or maybe Earth to Mars… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
I should say we know that there are many, many other Earths out there. We're almost certain that there will be upwards… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied… — 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 problem here is that a civilization that is 1,000 light years away doesn't know we exist. They don't know that we… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
We know that within the solar system is very unlikely there will be anything more advanced than microbial life, but if we… — 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
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