Dr. James Tour examines the chemical and biological hurdles facing modern origin-of-life research. He outlines why synthetic laboratories—despite using pure components, controlled stereochemistry, and advanced techniques—fail to synthesize the necessary building blocks or assemble a functional living cell from scratch. Pointing to statistical combinatorial limits and rapid chemical decomposition rates, Tour demonstrates how increasing cellular complexity pushes prebiotic hypotheses further out of reach for abiogenesis researchers.

Speaker: James Tour

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