The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science ... In Q&A, UChicago philosopher Agnes Callard talks new book and cultivating an ‘inherently inquisitive’ approach to ...

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View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “This is a very important paper,” Jack Szostak, a molecular biologist and origin-of-life researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, ...