http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/#comment-2492 M.S.Reid Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:57:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/#comment-2492 The implications of Miller's experiments cannot be fathomed. This maybe among the most significant findings in the modern scientific era. outstanding. The implications of Miller’s experiments cannot be fathomed. This maybe among the most significant findings in the modern scientific era. outstanding.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/#comment-2491 Denitsa Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:48:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/#comment-2491 If you can recreate building blocks of life with two different experiments, imagine how much Nature can do. On every planet, on all the different situations-volcano, particles emissions on the poles, earthquakes, lightnings- you name it. For me, this experiment proves that life is much more common than we think. And probably that the whole theory that something brought "it" is wrong, because maybe it wasn't a single lucky even, but a multiplicity of events-from above, from below, from everywhere, that sparkled and spread over, some died away, some evolved and in the end-we had so much life, it simply flourished. Why it doesn''t happen everywhere? Two possible reasons: A) it requires some basic elements and you can find it where they are present-unlikely since on Earth there are bacteria like everywhere. B) it is all around, we just can't see it so easily, because it's based on different building blocks or is on different scale-too big or too small. In any case, Mars exploration is going on, Europa is also a good candidate for life, so sooner or later, we'll find out how common life in space is. If you can recreate building blocks of life with two different experiments, imagine how much Nature can do. On every planet, on all the different situations-volcano, particles emissions on the poles, earthquakes, lightnings- you name it.
For me, this experiment proves that life is much more common than we think. And probably that the whole theory that something brought “it” is wrong, because maybe it wasn’t a single lucky even, but a multiplicity of events-from above, from below, from everywhere, that sparkled and spread over, some died away, some evolved and in the end-we had so much life, it simply flourished.
Why it doesn”t happen everywhere? Two possible reasons: A) it requires some basic elements and you can find it where they are present-unlikely since on Earth there are bacteria like everywhere. B) it is all around, we just can’t see it so easily, because it’s based on different building blocks or is on different scale-too big or too small.
In any case, Mars exploration is going on, Europa is also a good candidate for life, so sooner or later, we’ll find out how common life in space is.

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