[extropy-chat] Origins of life

[Jeff Davis]

Though the struggle may be long and hard, the old
world view grounded in superstition cannot but
inevitably give way to the superior "fitness" of
modernity.  

Science works, religion doesn't.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-10/sri-cov100704.php

Component of volcanic gas may have played a
significant role in the origins of life on Earth
Carbonyl sulfide forms peptide bonds
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the
Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a
possible answer to a longstanding question in research
on the origins of life on Earth--how did the first
amino acids form the first peptides? 

Best, Jeff Davis

   "Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
                           Ray Charles



		
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