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Nick Lane quotes: NASA 'working definition' of life, for example: life is 'a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution'.

NASA 'working definition' of life, for example: life is 'a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution'.

Nick Lane quotes: At the level of their biochemistry, the barrier between bacteria and complex cells barely exists.

At the level of their biochemistry, the barrier between bacteria and complex cells barely exists.

Nick Lane quotes: Geochemistry gives rise seamlessly to biochemistry.

Geochemistry gives rise seamlessly to biochemistry.

Nick Lane quotes: Nothing is more conservative than a bacterium.

Nothing is more conservative than a bacterium.

Nick Lane quotes: it's no mystery that all cells here on earth should be chemiosmotic. I would expect that cells across the universe will be chemiosmotic too.

it's no mystery that all cells here on earth should be chemiosmotic. I would expect that cells across the universe will be chemiosmotic too.

Nick Lane quotes: But mammals have at their disposal ten times the resources, they

But mammals have at their disposal ten times the resources, they

Nick Lane quotes: Essentially all life uses redox chemistry to generate a gradient of protons across a membrane. Why on earth do we do that?

Essentially all life uses redox chemistry to generate a gradient of protons across a membrane. Why on earth do we do that?

Nick Lane quotes: Without programmed cell death, the bonds that bind cells in complex multicellular organisms might never have evolved.

Without programmed cell death, the bonds that bind cells in complex multicellular organisms might never have evolved.

Nick Lane quotes: A piece of bad news wrapped in a protein coat.

A piece of bad news wrapped in a protein coat.

Nick Lane quotes: The igneo-aerial food. In other words, despite

The igneo-aerial food. In other words, despite

Nick Lane quotes: multicellular life. All animals, all plants, all of them depend on

multicellular life. All animals, all plants, all of them depend on

Nick Lane quotes: Our terminal decline into old age and death stems from the fine print of the contract that we signed with our mitochondria two billion years ago.

Our terminal decline into old age and death stems from the fine print of the contract that we signed with our mitochondria two billion years ago.

Nick Lane quotes: But whatever our beliefs, this richness of understanding should be a cause for marvel and celebration.

But whatever our beliefs, this richness of understanding should be a cause for marvel and celebration.

Nick Lane quotes: One begins to wonder if all the most interesting problems in physics are now in biology.

One begins to wonder if all the most interesting problems in physics are now in biology.