Horizon. [Season 29, Episode 22], Life is impossible /

Why, when we think we know how life works, can we not say how it began? Did it evolve on earth, in the sea or in space? Latest molecular biology in the USA can make genes reproduce, and build a cell wall around them, but it still cannot give them life. Instead, recent maverick research suggests that...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lynch, John (Television producer) (Producer, Screenwriter), Hyks, Veronika (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1993.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Life > Origin. Vie > Origines. Life > Origin Educational television programs Educational television programs. Émissions éducatives télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Why, when we think we know how life works, can we not say how it began? Did it evolve on earth, in the sea or in space? Latest molecular biology in the USA can make genes reproduce, and build a cell wall around them, but it still cannot give them life. Instead, recent maverick research suggests that something else came before biology, and that it might have begun in the molten world.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed January 23, 2019).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (49 min.)
Playing Time:	00:49:08