2 days ago · Using these skills, physicists — working together with representatives of all the other disciplines that make up complexity science — may crack open the question of how life formed …

Aug 12, 2025 · Defining exactly what we mean by “life” — in all its varied forms — has long been a formidable challenge. Physicist Erwin Schrödinger wrote a book titled What is Life? in 1944.

Dec 11, 2024 · This idea—first proposed by English physicist Brandon Carter in 1973—is known as the “anthropic principle,” or AP, and its purpose is to explore the question of whether the …

Aug 15, 2024 · Astrobiologist and theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker is at the forefront of the quest to use physics to define life and identify other forms of life in the universe.

Mar 31, 2025 · His daring application of physics to the question of life’s essence not only sparked significant scientific breakthroughs but also deepened our understanding of how life defies …

Our ability to explain gravity fundamentally changed how we interact with our world. So too might an explanatory framework for life transform our future.

Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, explored fundamental questions about life in his influential 1944 book, “What Is Life?”.