Primordial Soup ... And a Sandwich ?

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	Primordial Soup ... And a Sandwich ?

Teosoma

12-10-2007 3:32 PM

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biology, life

Teosoma says:

The space between two mica sheets (...) is chemically very similar to the space inside a cell

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