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Primordial Soup Gets Spicier
March 21, 2011
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Stanley Miller gained fame with his 1953 experiment showing the synthesis of organic compounds thought to be important in setting the origin of life in motion. Recently, a former student discovered and re-analyzed some samples using techniques not available to Miller. The results suggest that far more organic compounds than previously thought existed on early planet Earth.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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