The mystery unfolds : Questions, questions-always questions -- Are there any answers? -- Putting creation to the test -- The naturalistic approach -- The facts of life : An early or late appearance? -- A slow or sudden arrival? -- Where's the soup? -- From the bottom up and top down : The search for chemical pathways -- Look! only one hand -- The codes of life -- Beneficial boundaries -- Life's minimum complexity -- Looking for loopholes : Extreme life -- Life on Mars? -- Europa and beyond -- Life, seeded on purpose -- A model for life : Solving the mystery -- Appendix A: biblical creation references -- Appendix B: carbon-12 enrichment in photosynthesis.
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