Sentences with phrase «emergence of life on»

Knowing that the emergence of life on our planet is a cosmic miracle, is critical to transgressing the epistemic paradigm box that sees nature as a mere object to be exploited.

The emergence of life on Earth, around 3,8 billion years ago, was a complex process of exceptional natural phenomena, inherent in all living systems.

Billed simply as «the story of our universe» and narrated by Oscar - winning actor and producer Brad Pitt, the 45 - minute - long IMAX version of Voyage of Time serves as an ambitious «celebration of life, the history of the universe and its awe - inspiring vastness» as it documents a range of natural, universal occurences from the birth of the galaxies to the emergence of life on Earth.

The fossils, which date back 3.7 billion years and predate the world's previous oldest stromatolite fossils, could point to rapid emergence of life on a young Earth.

The Institute's collaboration brings together researchers from fields as far apart as astrophysics, engineering, earth and atmospheric science, geology and biology to tackle questions as diverse as those about the astronomical context of the emergence of life on Earth.

And finally, Michael Young was born in Miami and did his work at Rockefeller University in New York where he also remains on the faculty... ever since the emergence of life on Earth about four billion years ago, evolving life forms had to adapt to the rotation of our planet... but how is this possible?

A crucial step in the emergence of life on Earth was the appearance of molecules that could copy themselves.

Later, these molecules played important roles in the chemical evolution resulting in the emergence of life on the Earth.

The theory most scientists currently favor for the origins of life is called «abiogenesis,» the gradual emergence of life on Earth from non-living matter.

Not exact matches

After an introduction consisting of an obligatory celebration of our emergence from those dark times in which religion adversely affected our sex lives, there are thirty - eight tables on sexual attitudes broken out by religious category.

The Mimi virus is at least as old as the other branches of life, which strongly suggests that viruses were involved very early on in the evolutionary emergence of life.

In any case, in the following paragraphs I will first analyze Whitehead's remarks in Process and Reality on societies as the necessary environment for the ongoing emergence of actual occasions and then show how this analysis throws unexpected light on Whitehead's further explanation of the hierarchy of societies within the current world order, in particular, the difference between inorganic and organic societies, and, among organic societies, those with a «soul» or «living person» and those without such a central organ of control.

Advances in cosmological science over the latter half of the 20th century began to reveal that when the universe came into existence, (more on that later), the fundamental forces it was birthed with were apparently «fine - tuned» to allow for the emergence of life.

Great as is the significance of the emergence of self - conscious persons within the very fabric of the universe for any reflection on its possible meaning and purpose, this must not lead us to underplay the significance also of the rest of the universe and of all other living organisms to God as Creator — even though we are able to depict only in imagination the kind of delight that God may be conceived to have in the fecund multiplicity and variety or created forms.

The extraordinary odds that seem to be involved for the first DNA molecule to come into existence; the unusually well - suited planet we live on to allow for the emergence of life, and so the list goes on.

«This continually unfolding emergence of new and intricately organised systems and organisms strongly suggests a directionality in the history of the universe, and in the history of the Earth and of life on it... many recent interdisciplinary pundits postulate an overarching finality or teleology - a purposefulness - to the unfolding universe, and to nature itself as it evolves on Earth...

He then went on to tell us about the history of the universe from the huge explosion of matter and energy (the Big Bang) through the formation of stars and then rocky planets on which complex chemicals were produced, leading to the synthesis of the first molecules of life and the emergence of the plant and animal kingdoms.

On the contrary, what goes on in the world is a genuine manifestation of the living process which is his own nature; and it also makes a difference to him, for it makes possible the novelty of adaptation, the emergence of new actualities, and the appearance of real possibilities, which otherwise would not be available to hiOn the contrary, what goes on in the world is a genuine manifestation of the living process which is his own nature; and it also makes a difference to him, for it makes possible the novelty of adaptation, the emergence of new actualities, and the appearance of real possibilities, which otherwise would not be available to hion in the world is a genuine manifestation of the living process which is his own nature; and it also makes a difference to him, for it makes possible the novelty of adaptation, the emergence of new actualities, and the appearance of real possibilities, which otherwise would not be available to him.

In harmony with the cosmic impulse which leads to the constant disintegration of atoms and the attendant release of energy, Life (though probably localized on a few rare planets) compels us increasingly to view it as an underlying current in the flow of which matter tends to order itself upon itself with the emergence of consciousness.

The emergence of life is perhaps the single most dramatic example on this planet, yet even life also requires a material substratum of organic macromolecules out of which this radically novel form of existence could emerge.

I vividly remember that on one occasion in the late 1970s when I was walking with Malcolm in the East Sussex countryside, he started talking about the emergence of aesthetic nihilism in modern life and literature, a phenomenon that he identified with the Bloomsbury writers, whom (except for Leonard Woolf) he particularly loathed.

All we need to do is notice that since the «Big Bang» occurred fifteen or twenty billion years ago some momentous things have happened, in particular the emergence of life and mind on our planet (and perhaps elsewhere).

But if there were really no answer we should be obliged to conclude that, although the course of Evolution was «directed» up to the emergence of Life, beyond that point all that goes on is a scattering m every direction.

Since, however, biological entities evidently have the «material» entities as their constituents, it is inexplicable, on the given presuppositions, how the emergence of life is possible.

If, as I maintain, the movement of the cosmos towards the highest degree of consciousness is not an optical illusion, but represents the essence of biological evolution, then, in the curve traced by Life, Man is unquestionably situated at the topmost point; and it is he, by his emergence and existence, who finally proves the reality and defines the trajectory — «the dot on the i»...

Oddie tells the story of the man from childhood to his life as a young adult, his marriage and emergence on to the public stage right through to the publication of Orthodoxy in 1908.

He sympathetically affirms Polanyi's «ontological gap between the living and non-living», the former exclusively having an «internal finality», and that «the emergence of life can not be accounted for on the basis of purely mechanical principles.»

He is a professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley and an expert on the evolution of the brain; he is also interested in the chemical origins of life and the mathematics behind the emergence of complicated structures like language.

David Prangishvili, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and a colleague with Forterre in studying viruses that infect archaea, now thinks that viruses swam in the primordial soup prior to the emergence of cellular life of any kind and only later became dependent on cells.

For eons prior to the emergence of the nucleated cell, life on Earth was essentially slime: vast, directionless mats of single - celled bacteria and archaea.

The research is the latest investigation to touch on the so - called anthropic principle: the idea that in some sense the universe is tuned for the emergence of intelligent life.

In a recent study appearing in Nature Publishing Group's Scientific Reports, the researchers focused on the properties of schreibersite and conducted experiments with the mineral to better understand how — in a chemical reaction with the corrosive effects of water called «phosphorylation» — schreibersite could have provided the phosphate important to the emergence of early biological life.

Having an overarching principle of life and evolution would give researchers a broader perspective on the emergence of structure and function in living things, many of the researchers said.

«Despite the relatively small amount of carbon on Earth, carbon has been critical for the emergence of life and the regulation of our climate through the carbon - silicate cycle,» said Yale doctoral candidate John Moriarty, who led the research, recently published in Astrophysical Journal.

If similarities are in fact found, this would significantly alter our perspective on the emergence of life elsewhere in the universe.

It is also why the emergence of «new consumers» constitutes a major additional assault on global life - support systems.

But that doesn't tell us whether a slightly different universe might still host life, why our particular universe exists and not some other, or why we see finely balanced features with no bearing on the emergence of life.

Alternatively, some hypothesize that the reservoir of light carbon on the early Earth indicates the presence of simple organic compounds — possibly brought by asteroidal or cometary impactors — that created a hospitable environment for the later emergence of life (more discussion in Rachel Courtland, New Scientist, July 2, 2008; Sid Perkins, Science News, July 2, 2008; and Jonathan Fildes, BBC News, July 2, 2008).

These newly identified organisms might have a big impact on our understanding of the deeper branches of the tree of life giving us new hints about the emergence of the eukaryotic cell.

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How can we reconcile the lack of persistence of impacts on test scores with the later emergence of impacts on important life outcomes?

Based on his experiences as a journalist covering the civil war in Afghanistan for twenty years, traveling and living with the Taliban, and interviewing most of the Taliban leaders since their emergence to power in 1994, Rashid offers unparalleled firsthand information.

The emergence of South by Southwest (SXSW) has put this town on the map as far as live music goes, and now even tech lovers have gotten in on the fun.

In addition to the potential for tick mapping and greater understanding about what is perceived to be a rise in the risks to dogs and people from Lyme Disease, the emergence in four dogs in Essex of babesiosis, a life - threatening disease transmitted to dogs by infected ticks usually found in Europe, has highlighted the need for a major investigation on the scale of the Big Tick Project, says Professor Wall.

In the late 1960s, the USA saw the emergence of a new trend in painting that focused on the realistic representation of scenes and objects from everyday American life.

We welcome model or observational studies on changes in climate feedback strength or the emergence of new feedbacks; changes in modes of variability; new climate nonlinearities; fundamental climate zone shifts; and qualitatively new impacts on to life emerging in hot or cold climates.

Thanks to the emergence of the technologies associated with vertical farming we now have the means to provide all essential resources for urban living - food, fresh water, fresh air, and energy - from on - site processes disconnected from natural ecosystems.

«We also welcome a commitment to convene a national summit on First Nation's Children to address the very high rates of Indigenous children in out - of - home care, and prevent the emergence of another generation of children living away from family, community and culture,» said Mr Singer.

«With more and more Canadian women marrying later in life or remaining single, we're seeing the emergence of the young, financially savvy woman who's taking on the commitments, joys and responsibilities of owning a home,» says Joan Dal Bianco, vice-president, TD Canada Trust.