I
asked the waitress about the soup du jour and she said that it was
primordial soup — which is ammonia and methane mixed with ocean
water in the presence of lightning. Oh I'll take a tureen of that
embryonic broth, I say, constraint giving way to exuberance —
The
Primordial Soup Theory is problably the best hyphotesis to describe
how life started in Earth. This theory was suggested by Russian
Oparin in 1920 and tested by Staney Miller thirty years later.
Indeed, the text approaches the primordial soup composition: ammonia,
methane...there should be hydrogen and water, of course, like in
every soup. Staney Miller shaked this soup like if it were a cocktail
mixer, he heated it and applied UV radiation to it so that he could
obtain amino acids, which are considered to be the life foundations.
The
editors team of this blog think it is an appropiate idea to post
about soups, specially in this time of the year - when we are always
in the mood for soup.
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