Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun

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Apr 29, 2026, 8:11 am186 ptsTrendingTop
New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and evolve. Tiny lipid bubbles behaved very differently depending on their membrane makeup—some fused into larger compartments and captured DNA more efficiently. These fusion events could have…

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