“The living cell is the most complex system of its size known to mankind. Its host of specialized molecules, many found nowhere… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“Why is nature so ingeniously, one might even say suspiciously, friendly to life? What do the laws of physics care about life… — 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
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
We might expect intelligent life and technological communities to have emerged in the universe billions of years ago. Given that human society… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Cancer is like another form of life. It's closely related to healthy life. A healthy body is one form of life. Cancer… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Cancer is not something confined to human beings. It's found in all multi cellular organisms where the adult cells proliferate, so it's… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The Goldilocks Enigma is the idea that everything in the universe is just right for life, like the porridge in the fairy… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to… — 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
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is a truly… — 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
