But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building ...

Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.

Return of former board member Lip-Bu Tan sends shares in US chip group 11% higher in post-market trading ...