http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/01/study-ammonia-packed-meteorites-could-have-provided-nitrogen-for-early-life/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/01/study-ammonia-packed-meteorites-could-have-provided-nitrogen-for-early-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1561943 nitrogen gas Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=26841#comment-1561943 Atmospheric air contains 78.09% nitrogen, the gas is slightly lighter than air and slightly soluble in water Atmospheric air contains 78.09% nitrogen, the gas is slightly lighter than air and slightly soluble in water

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/01/study-ammonia-packed-meteorites-could-have-provided-nitrogen-for-early-life/comment-page-1/#comment-675808 Iain Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:39:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=26841#comment-675808 Why is it always DNA, RNA that had to exist to call things life? Surely there is a more simple explanation for the rise of life. Why not examine how drying out certain amino acid combinations produces little spheres that grow four half sphere 'buds' then replicate themselves by either splitting in half or spitting off a bud? Why is it always DNA, RNA that had to exist to call things life? Surely there is a more simple explanation for the rise of life. Why not examine how drying out certain amino acid combinations produces little spheres that grow four half sphere ‘buds’ then replicate themselves by either splitting in half or spitting off a bud?

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