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TallyMan
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28 Apr 2014, 3:18 am

Fascinating article. We are getting closer and closer to seeing how life spontaneously evolved on the planet (no gods required).

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Metabolic processes that underpin life on Earth have arisen spontaneously outside of cells. The serendipitous finding that metabolism – the cascade of reactions in all cells that provides them with the raw materials they need to survive – can happen in such simple conditions provides fresh insights into how the first life formed. It also suggests that the complex processes needed for life may have surprisingly humble origins.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25471-spark-of-life-metabolism-appears-in-lab-without-cells.html


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28 Apr 2014, 4:35 am

Interesting. Unfortunately my oven doesn't go as low as 50°C so I'll be unable to try this out. :D


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28 Apr 2014, 6:59 am

Looking at the development of metabolic processes seems so obvious, now that someone's already done it. Another random event leads to a major scientific breakthrough!



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29 Apr 2014, 11:43 pm

TallyMan wrote:
Fascinating article. We are getting closer and closer to seeing how life spontaneously evolved on the planet (no gods required).

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Metabolic processes that underpin life on Earth have arisen spontaneously outside of cells. The serendipitous finding that metabolism – the cascade of reactions in all cells that provides them with the raw materials they need to survive – can happen in such simple conditions provides fresh insights into how the first life formed. It also suggests that the complex processes needed for life may have surprisingly humble origins.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25471-spark-of-life-metabolism-appears-in-lab-without-cells.html


BUT, BUT, BUT.....God did it!! !!

ROFLMFAO!! !!