It's Surprisingly Easy To Brew Something Like RNA In A Puddle
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2016
- One of the biggest mysteries in science is how you could get life in a place where it doesn't already exist. Scientists have found some clues, though.
The latest is that Georgia Tech chemist Nicholas Hud was able to create something that looks a lot like RNA - a relative of DNA - using ingredients that would have been common on Earth when it was 4 billion years younger.
The study used two common chemicals left alone in what amounts to a mud puddle. The chemicals synced up and started forming that twisting ladder shape we think of when we picture DNA.
Scientists say this looks like a decent candidate for how simple organisms may have gotten started on Earth, and it wasn't even all that hard.
Earlier studies have shown you can get some of the building blocks of life in the right situation, like extreme heat or lightning strikes. Some have even been found on asteroids.
The Georgia Tech study shows you don't even need that much excitement. Swirling puddles could potentially have done the job.
This video includes clips from NASA, the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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"Life will find a way" - Jeff Goldblum, scientist.
dude...awesome.
So basically life isnt so hard to make.
What? So not only we can theoretically create a new form of life which is crazy but it easy to create and not special at all....damn. So if there is a god he wouldn't be that special either. Double damn
i keep trying to tell people this. it it NOT hard for nature to begin life with just a pool of ingredients. many tests have proven this.
+thewanderandhiscomp just thinking about that phrase makes my head hurt
+thewanderandhiscomp It might be, but all the life today is so specialized that any new life trying to get started would be out-competed before it could get anywhere.
thewanderandhiscomp Not really. What would we even look for? It's like finding hay that looks exactly the same as all the other hay in a haystack the size of Earth.