Tag: origin of life
An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World
The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles.”
Dan Brown Thriller Has MIT’s Jeremy England in It; Brian Miller Puts the Science in Perspective
I’m reading Brown’s new Robert Langdon novel, Origin. There’s a decent chance you are too.
When Science Turns Mushy
Certain subjects, all posing ultimate questions, reduce much of scientific talk to pablum. Why do you think that is?
Cheaters Never Prosper? Sure They Do in Origin-of-Life Papers
How can scientists get away with publishing patent nonsense when it comes to the origin of life?
Warm Little Pond? PNAS Paper Admits Difficulties Generating RNA on Prebiotic Earth
“Warm little ponds,” in Darwin’s quaint expression, are actually very hostile environments for generating nucleotides.