Recent experiments and simulations are starting to answer some fundamental questions about how life came to be.
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Edited by Michael Dietler, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Elsa M. Redmond January 12, 2021 (received for review August 27, 2020)
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