Stanley Miller set up a super simple experiment. He showed that you could take common, lifeless chemicals and mix them all together with very little intervention. This moment has inspired 70 years' worth of research in organic chemistry.
How did life on Earth start? To help answer that, researchers are trying to create some life for themselves.
This is the second episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.
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