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Fun Science FRIEDay – Life is Inevitable

Posted on February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 By Kersey Sturdivant
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Why does life exist? Its an age old question that has been debated for centuries with popular hypotheses crediting celestial interference, a primordial soup, or a colossal stroke of luck. However, a relatively recent and provocative hypothesis suggests luck has nothing to do with it, and that instead, life is an inevitable consequence of physics.

The author of the concept, Jeremy England – professor of biophysics at MIT, suggests, “the origin and subsequent evolution of life follow from the fundamental laws of nature and should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.”

 

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Biodiversity Wednesday – Plants are badass

Posted on June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 3 Comments on Biodiversity Wednesday – Plants are badass
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