The Question Not Many Ask Is: Why

Most Research Into Life's Murky Origin Has Been Carried Out By Chemists. They've Tried A Variety Of Approaches In Their Attempts To Recreate The First Steps On The Road To Life, But Little Progress Has Been Made. Perhaps That Is No Surprise, Given Life's Stupendous Complexity.

No Intelligent Supervisor, No Mystic Force, No Conscious Controlling Agency Swings The Molecules Into Place At The Right Time, Chooses The Appropriate Players, Closes The Links, Uncouples The Partners, Moves Them On. The Dance Of Life Is Spontaneous, Self-sustaining, And Self-creating.

Studying Cancer Could Provide Huge Insights For Astrobiologists Into The Nature Of Life Itself.

Many Billions Of Years Will Elapse Before The Smallest, Youngest Stars Complete Their Nuclear Burning And Shrink Into White Dwarfs. But With Slow, Agonizing Finality Perpetual Night Will Surely Fall.

The Vast Majority Of Terrestrial Species Are In Fact Microbes, And Scientists Have Only Begun Scratching The Surface Of The Microbial Realm. It Is Entirely Possible That Examples Of Life As We Don't Know It Have So Far Been Overlooked.