If the origin of life as we know it arose from a Big Bang in a distant area of the Universe, perhaps the solutions we seek to our problems on Earth may also lie there.

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Instead of tackling evolution from the usual position and become mired in the usual arguments, he focuses on one aspect of the larger story so central to who we are, it may very well overshadow all others except the origin of life itself: communication.

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The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.

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The toy cement mixer is the origin of the religious feeling that has informed most of my adult life.

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"We all have a basic need for acceptance and approval by social groups, " says Orville Gilbert Brim, author of The Fame Motive: A Treatise on its Origin and Life Course.

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The study found that the gap in life expectancy between black and white women of non-Hispanic origin closed to 3.7 years in 2008, down from 4.6 years in 2003.

MSN: Racial gap in life expectancy reaches new low in US