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John (bird whisperer): Scientists finish a 53-year-old cl...
John (bird whisperer) Scientists finish a 53-year-old classic experiment on the origins of life | Not Exactly Rocket Science - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrock... March 21, 2011 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like adam, Iván Abrego, Ken Morley and 9 other people liked this "In 1958, a young scientist called Stanley Miller electrified a mixture of simple gases, designed to mimic the atmosphere of our primordial lifeless planet. It was a sequel to one of the most evocative experiments in history, one that Miller himself had carried five years earlier. But for some reason, he never finished his follow-up. He dutifully collected his samples and stored them in vials but, whether for ill health or dissatisfaction, he never analysed them. The vials languished in obscurity, sitting unopened in a cardboard box in Miller’s office. But possessed by the meticulousness of a scientist, he never threw them away. In 1999, the vials changed owners. Miller had suffered a stroke and bequeathed his old equipment, archives and notebooks to Jeffrey Bada, one of his former students. Bada only twigged to the historical treasures that he had inherited in 2007. “Inside, were all these tiny glass vials carefully labeled, with page numbers referring Stanley’s laboratory notes. I was dumbstruck. We were looking at history,” he said in a New York Times interview. By then, Miller was completely incapacitated. He died of heart failure shortly after, but his legacy continues. Bada’s own student Eric Parker has finally analysed Miller’s samples using modern technology and published the results, completing an experiment that began 53 years earlier." - John (bird whisperer) 2 more comments Should have been a scientist. Fascinating field to be in these days. - Pariss Hardy I'm impressed that he was able to work with the 53-year-old samples. - John (bird whisperer)
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ODC events Nobody Ever Invited John to Come He was a blacksmith and a most wretchedly wicked man. He knew everything that was blatant and blasphemous in infidelity. He hated everything that was good, and loved everything that was bad. He studied to make himself an irritation to all who believed God, never sparing his wife who did the best she could in the... - http://www.facebook.com/profile... December 3 from "one degree connected" -... - Comment - Like
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