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'Life Chemical' Detected in Comet

Posted August 19, 2009 7:43 AM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

Scientists have identified one of the fundamental chemical buildings blocks of life in a comet for the first time, the US space agency (Nasa) reports. Glycine is an amino acid found in proteins, the sophisticated molecules that organisms use to build and maintain their systems.

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08/20/2009 5:30 AM

I wonder. Who said it first?

"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." Arthur C. Clarke

"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering." R. Buckminster Fuller

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