Abiogenesis is a term for life arising from nonliving matter. This is what happened somehow on Earth a few billion years ago. This is a topic that has fascinated me for years. I read quite a lot about it a couple of years ago, and got a general notion about how it may have happened. There was some exciting news in this area a few months ago from scientists studying nucleic acids and amino acids together. They were able to show RNA putting together amino acids into small peptides, and segments of RNA that were self replicating. Exciting stuff to some geeky folks like me. The new picture I am adding to the gallery is called Abiogenesis Oasis, and is dedicated to the miracle of life on Earth.