Exoplanets Collide! February 7, 2019Origins member Li Zeng, along with other Origins colleagues, suggest that giant high-speed collisions are partly responsible for planetary evolution. Read more. Read more about Exoplanets Collide!
Origins Faculty member Jack Szostak and graduate student Chris Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different ingredient. January 3, 2019In a recent paper, Professor Jack W. Szostak (pictured) and graduate student Seohyun (Chris) Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different set of nucleotide bases. Read more. Read more about Origins Faculty member Jack Szostak and graduate student Chris Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different ingredient.
Video of 3rd Origins Prize Lecture: Sara Seager (MIT) "Exoplanets and the Search for Biosignature Gases: An Astronomer's Journey through Chemical Space" October 25, 2018 3rd Origins Prize Lecture on September 19th, 2018. Professor Sara Seager (MIT). Please see video here. Read more about Video of 3rd Origins Prize Lecture: Sara Seager (MIT) "Exoplanets and the Search for Biosignature Gases: An Astronomer's Journey through Chemical Space"
Harvard Origins Faculty member Andy Knoll to receive the International Prize for Biology. September 4, 2018The International Prize for Biology is an highly prestigious honor and will be conferred in Tokyo this November in the presence of the Emperor and... Read more about Harvard Origins Faculty member Andy Knoll to receive the International Prize for Biology.
Forbes features Origins member Amit Levi and discusses his mechanism allowing sustained habitable conditions on ocean worlds. April 4, 2018Read here. Read more about Forbes features Origins member Amit Levi and discusses his mechanism allowing sustained habitable conditions on ocean worlds.
Origins Graduate students research explores ‘RNA world’ March 26, 2018The Gazette interviews Zoe Todd on her research suggesting cyanide may have been a key ingredient in the origins of life. Read more about Origins Graduate students research explores ‘RNA world’
Video of 2nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars." February 14, 20182nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars." Read more about Video of 2nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars."
The Royal Society of Chemistry interviews Origins graduate student Zoe Todd surrounding her recently published article "Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean–Archaean Earth". February 2, 2018Article: "Photoredox sugar synthesis plausible on early Earth" Read more about The Royal Society of Chemistry interviews Origins graduate student Zoe Todd surrounding her recently published article "Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean–Archaean Earth".
Harvard Origins of Life Consortium students Investigate How Planetary Life Begins in Norway. December 15, 2017Full GSAS Bulletin Dec/Jan Issue... Read more about Harvard Origins of Life Consortium students Investigate How Planetary Life Begins in Norway.
Harvard Origins Faculty member Pete Girguis aims to create an autonomous ocean-floor observatory with the ABISS project. December 15, 2017https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/11/harvard-scientist-hopes-deep-sea-project-aids-search-for-extraterrestrial-life/ Read more about Harvard Origins Faculty member Pete Girguis aims to create an autonomous ocean-floor observatory with the ABISS project.
