Scientists Create RNA From Primordial Soup

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @09:21AM from the that's-notional-primordial-soup-to-you dept.

Kristina at Science News writes "The RNA world hypothesis proposed 40 years ago suggested that life on Earth started not with DNA but with RNA. Now a team of scientists bolsters this hypothesis, having assembled RNA in the lab from a mixture that resembles what was likely the primordial soup. 'Until now,' Science News reports, 'scientists couldn't figure out the chemical reactions that created the earliest RNA molecules.' The new work started the RNA assembly chemistry from a different angle than what earlier work had tried."

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Re:Ignoratio Elenchi by doti · 2009-05-13 11:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Voce me prometeu!
Voce me prometeu!
Uma chuva de fogo, mas ainda nao choveu!
Voce me prometeu!
Voce me prometeu!
Escuridao eterna, e nada ainda escureceu.

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Re:not that big of a deal by Seraphim_72 · 2009-05-13 13:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I guarantee that any road kill will develop maggots. Therefor life spontaneously arises.

This isn't science, this is fixing a horse race.

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