Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks? (and Carbonaceous Chondrites)

Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
Science Friday, March 25, 2001, http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/20110325

 

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134855880/Did-Ancient-Eruptions-Form-Lifes-Building-Blocks

 

Their discussion of the Miller-Urey Experiment also 
involves meteorites.

Miller-Urey Experiment - http://www.ucsd.tv/miller-urey/

 

Origin of Life: An Old Experiment Yields New Clues
Time Magazine, March 22, 2011, http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2060658,00.html

 

Long-Neglected Experiment Gives New Clues to Origin 
of Life by Sid Perkins, March 21, 2011, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/long-neglected-experiment-gives-.html

 

Scientists finish a 53-year-old classic experiment 
on the origins of life, Discover, http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/scientists-finish-a-53-year-old-classic-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life/

 

The paper is:

Parker, E. T., H. J. Cleaves, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, M.
Callahan, A. Aubrey, A. Lazcano, and J. L. Bada, 2011,
Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 
1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the 
United States of America. Published online before 
print March 21, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019191108
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/14/1019191108

 

Yours,

Paul H.