What is Life?

The origin of life is the key to the meaning of life. Scientists define life as several characteristics, but the most important aspect is reproduction and metabolism.

The others are:

	Autonomy
	Nutrition
	Complexity
	Organization
	Growth and development
	Information content
	Hardware/Software
	Permanence and change

Scientists say that the odds of producing the right proteins by chance are something like 10^40,000. This can be compared to a whirlwind sweeping through a junkyard and producing a fully-functional Boeing 747.

The theories presented on this website are all theories and are not proven to be facts. There are, though, scientific evidence that support and also challenge these theories.