FfAME's research on expanded DNA alphabets was recently discussed on CNBC by the noted science journalist Charles Wood. A report in ScienceNews explains this in the light of the work at the Foundation that anticipated such discoveries.įebruary 29, 2020. Scientists around the world have advanced our understanding of life on Earth that does not use standard DNA. The Foundation's work with expanded DNA was just cited in Quanta Magazine, together with the discovery that some viruses on Earth us different kinds of DNA. Steven Benner was interviewed by Richard Jacobs on the Finding Genius podcast. Scheduled for December 7, Steven Benner and William Shatner will discuss why life is likely to have emerged on Mars, and how we would detect it, in an episode of The UnXplained, hosted by "Captain Kirk". A news report this week discusses work from the Foundation collaborator Jan Špaček in deepening our understanding of potential life on Venus.
To be aired on the History Channel next week, an episode of UnXplained has FfAME's Steven Benner discussing the possibility of life on Mars with William Shatner, recent astronaut and, on the small and large screen, James Tiberius Kirk.ĭecember 3, 2021. Similar basalts were also abundant on Mars, suggesting that similar processes may have occurred there.ĭecember 11, 2021. The finding was supported by many experiments that ruled out alternative structures, including branched RNA structures. RNA is an analog of DNA that is thought to have been the first genetic material for life. In a study led by Elisa Biondi, Foundation scientists reported today that ribonucleic acid (RNA) spontaneously forms on basalt lava glass, which was abundant on Earth 4.35 billion years ago. The recent reports from the Foundation showing how life might have emerged on Earth and, with similar likelihood, Mars, are discussed today on the web site. RNA is thought by many to be the first genetic molecule in the first forms of life on Earth. Noted science journalists reported today in the prestigeous journal Science the recent report from the Foundation that RNA is formed on igneous basalt rock that was abundant on the surface of the Earth 4.35 billion years ago. One winner will be selected next month to fly their experiment to the Space Station. "Genes in Space Competition" has just announced that Vedant Karalkar, an Eastside High School student being mentored at the Foundation, was selected as one of five finalists in an annual national contest where high school students propose DNA science experiments for the International Space Station.
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Writing in LabRoots, Carmen Leitch discusses a series recent reports from the Foundation coauthored by Elisa Biondi, Hyo-Joong Kim, Justin Kim, and Steven Benner, all that suggest that the formation of RNA under prebiotic conditions might be remarkably simple. Sunniya Zafar, writing in The Globe's Talk, explains how recent Foundation work studying the role of geology in the origin of life is relevant to our exploration of Mars. Work of the Foundation astrobiologist and researcher Steven Benner is featured in a Scientific American piece discussing the management of Mars sample return. An Event Horizon interview of Steven Benner with John Michael Godier covered many topics in astrobiology and the origin of life. Their remarks can be found at The New Atlantis.
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Jan Špaček and Steven Benner joined with Robert Zubrin, head of the Mars Society, today to describe how to search for life on Mars.
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