DNA components confirmed to come from space

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Meteorites: Tool kits for creating life on Earth

From Meteorites, the Building Blocks of Life NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith In what appears to be seriously big news from a team of NASA-funded researchers, scientists have found evidence that some building blocks of DNA--including two of the four nucleobases that make up our genetic code--found in meteorites were created in space, lending credence to the idea that life is not homegrown but was seeded here by asteroids, meteorites, or comets sometime in Earth's early lifetime. This is big news, of course, because if the ingredients for life were brought here from some external source, there's always the possibility that the same thing has happened elsewhere in the universe--possibly many times over. Scientists have been extracting fragments of DNA from meteorites for decades now, but there was never really hard proof that those pieces of biological molecules were native to the extraterrestrial object rather than terrestrial contamination that occurred when the object slammed into Earth. S

Space and Earth Sciences News :: Meteorites: Tool kits for creating life on Earth

Good topic, fascinating idea.

Most right wingers insist many of them, more than 6% in fact, are "scientists" but believe "life" came from a single spaceman. And he used his magical powers to shimmer people into being from dirt. Probably wore "sandals".

Poisoned well, proof that some idiots will politicize everything while saying their political opponents are "anti-science." What a fucktard!

 

[Ringel05]

"Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality ?" — Scott Adams.

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." — Douglas Adams

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." — Douglas Adams

 

[CitizenPained]

We've known/suspected for ages that we came from 'elsewhere' (eg, how the Earth began) but this doesn't mean it could've been replicated elsewhere. I mean, not if you're talking about humans. Life - living organisms - sure, but my six year old could've told ya'll that.

 

[CitizenPained]

"Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality ?" — Scott Adams.

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." — Douglas Adams

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." — Douglas Adams

"I think we're The Great Social Experiment. God is sitting up in Heaven having himself a little chuckle as he takes notes."

 

[sparky]

phenomenal proof of celestial humour.....

 

[Ringel05]

"Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality ?" — Scott Adams.

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." — Douglas Adams

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." — Douglas Adams

"I think we're The Great Social Experiment. God is sitting up in Heaven having himself a little chuckle as he takes notes."

"The scientific method makes one assumption, and one assumption only: the Universe obeys a set of rules. That’s it. There is one corollary, and that is that if the Universe follows these rules, then those rules can be deduced by observing the way Universe behaves." — badastronomy.com.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Because all research is in a lab. Otherwise it's not science. Hilarious. I can hardly type I'm laughing so hard.

Where were they supposed to confirm the DNA components? In the booth next to you in the bar?

All research is in a lab. Otherwise, it's not science.

Tell that to you your ManMade Global Warming Pals.

"All research is in a lab. Otherwise, it's not science." --Rdean

 

[SFC Ollie]

Again rdean shows his ignorance in the fact that there are as many Democrats who are Christians as there are Republicans. It's a shame his hatred has to fuck up a good story.

Not sure what claiming to be Christian is supposed to mean. Aren't the Right Wing Christian leaders in the Republican Party doing what ever they can to hurt the poor? I thought that was a "no no". In fact, aren't Christian leaders marching in Washington to protest right wingers "rich only" policies?

Frustrated that their pleas to the Administration and Congress to protect funding for the nation’s most vulnerable are being ignored, nearly a dozen leaders from the faith community were arrested inside the U.S. Capitol Building on July 28.

Despite repeated warnings from the U.S. Capitol Police, the leaders refused to end their public prayers asking the Administration and Congress not to balance the budget on the backs of the poor.

Religious leaders arrested in Capitol in budget justice protest

Faith Community to Launch Grassroots Campaign to Protect Funding for Anti-Poverty Programs

Oops.

Matthew 6:5-6

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

You derailed your own thread.

Derailed?