ATHENS DIALOGUES :

Existo, Ergo Pars Evolutionis Sum—or What is Life?

BY Erling Norrby

From a purely chemical perspective, life is a self-sustaining, replicative chemical system capable of erring and, thereby, subject to evolutionary changes.


Modern science has uncovered the building blocks of life and scientists can now both read and write the books of life.  Microorganisms and viruses comprise most of the life on Earth, yet these entities are not well studied.  Because viruses depend on cells for their replication, scientists disagree whether to classify them as living or dead.  Perhaps a different definition of lif... View Full Summary