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Ingredients for finding the origins of life

To understand how life began on Earth billions of years ago, a global community must work collaboratively to study the emergence of the necessary molecular building blocks and how they evolved into complex life in different environments.

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Didier Queloz was interviewed by May Chiao.

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Chiao, M., Queloz, D. Ingredients for finding the origins of life. Nat Rev Phys 7, 602–603 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-025-00892-8

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