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Posted by michael on Friday February 21, 2003 @04:06AM from the cracking-up dept.

Gavinsblog writes "New Scientist is reporting that scientists have found that electricity is produced when aluminium bullets are fired into a block of ice. This raises the chances of finding life on Europa, as eletrical shocks of this kind could cause complex molecules to form. An electrifying discovery? :-)"

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Re:Miller-Urey is pointless by CheshireCatCO · 2003-02-21 08:52 · Score: 0, Troll

Textbooks are often wrong in the details. If that is your only point, you went through a lot of trouble to say nothing remotely new to anyone here. And you phrased it extraordinarily badly, too.

As for "choices", I was -admittedly- anthropomorphicizing somewhat. I imagine you are smart enough to know that, though. Right? You can replace "chose" with "life came to use", if you are a stickler for undue precision.