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POPS Precursor of Life Molecules Found Around Distant Star

by Oortcloud 1-8-2008

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POPS Living entity possible from hot gasses in space?

by Oortcloud 8-20-2007

"So if you could have life in the hot gases of a star, or in the hot, interstellar gas that suffuses the space between the stars, well, not only would that be 'life as we don't know it' but it might be the most common type of life."

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POPS Artificial Life likely in 5 years

by Oortcloud 8-20-2007

One of the leaders in the field, Jack Szostak at Harvard Medical School, predicts that within the next six months, scientists will report evidence that the first step—creating a cell membrane—is "not a big problem.'' Scientists are using fatty acids in that effort. Szostak is also optimistic about the next step—getting nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, to form a working genetic system.

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