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Tiny Bolts of Lightning Produced by Water Droplets May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.
Water Formed Much Sooner After the Big Bang Than We Thought, Scientists Say—Which May Mean Life Did, Too
Primordial supernovae got the ball rolling a quick hundred million years or so after the start of the universe.
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...
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Life on Earth May Have Been Jump-Started by ‘Microlightning’
But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...
Tiny Sparks, Big Discovery – Could Water Droplets Have Created Life?
Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets! Scientists found that when mist and sprays collide, they generate microlightning ...
Who needs lightning? Key biochemicals form from static sparks
In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building ...
This Worth-Every-Penny Smart Water Bottle Has Been 'Pivotal' For Me
As someone on intense medications that require me to stay hydrated, I bought the Hidrate Spark Pro to help me stay on top of ...