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Plasma blobs hint at new form of life
New Scientist ^ | 09/17/03 | David Cohen

Posted on 09/17/2003 2:37:26 PM PDT by bedolido

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1 posted on 09/17/2003 2:37:27 PM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
Interesting. Very interesting. Bump.
2 posted on 09/17/2003 2:38:47 PM PDT by techcor (What crayon do I use to draw a blank?)
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To: bedolido
This explains Jerry Nadler....
3 posted on 09/17/2003 2:44:25 PM PDT by TheBigB (I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)
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To: PatrickHenry
New life form ping.
4 posted on 09/17/2003 2:45:54 PM PDT by Dementon (Can you imagine a world without hypothetical situations?)
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To: bedolido
Physicists have created blobs of gaseous plasma . . .

OMG, they've cloned Jerald Nadler!

5 posted on 09/17/2003 2:47:11 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: TheBigB
Arghhhh! . . . Whilst I was polishing mine up, 'ya beat me to the punch!
6 posted on 09/17/2003 2:48:11 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: bedolido
The researchers studied environmental conditions similar to those that existed on the Earth before life began, when the planet was enveloped in electric storms that caused ionised gases called plasmas to form in the atmosphere.

How do they know this? This is a supposition...they were not there, and there is no evidence to substatiate this claim today.

7 posted on 09/17/2003 2:48:24 PM PDT by LiteKeeper
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To: bedolido
We need to revisit the philosophy that caused this science to be done. What are we looking for? What is the question? Whom are we asking? Are we amused by soap bubbles?
8 posted on 09/17/2003 2:49:01 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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*insert evil laughter here*
9 posted on 09/17/2003 2:49:43 PM PDT by TheBigB (I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)
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To: bedolido
If these guys try to sell you property in Florida, run...
10 posted on 09/17/2003 2:50:04 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: RightWhale
We need to revisit the philosophy that caused this science to be done?

Why?

11 posted on 09/17/2003 2:51:27 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: bedolido
Interesting
12 posted on 09/17/2003 2:51:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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Physicists have created blobs of gaseous plasma that can grow, replicate and communicate...

Their first communication was to sue for defamation and hate speech over being called "blobs."

-PJ

13 posted on 09/17/2003 2:55:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's not safe yet to vote Democrat.)
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The new blobular life form emerges from the sea....

14 posted on 09/17/2003 2:58:14 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Please direct all Quality Control complaints to tijeras_slim)
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To: Timesink
Why?

The reason why is that we seem to not know what we are looking for, not to know what question we're asking, nor whom or what entity we're asking. We're not even clear about who or what "we" is.

15 posted on 09/17/2003 2:58:35 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: bedolido
 Live long and prosper Plasma Blobs.

16 posted on 09/17/2003 3:02:24 PM PDT by Rain-maker
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To: PatrickHenry
Pat, do you want to ping the usual suspects?
17 posted on 09/17/2003 3:04:53 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: bedolido
The researchers studied environmental conditions similar to those that existed on the Earth before life began, when the planet was enveloped in electric storms that caused ionised gases called plasmas to form in the atmosphere.

Should read, "The researchers studied environmental conditions similar to those believed to have existed on the Earth before life began, when the planet was enveloped in electric storms that caused ionised gases called plasmas to form in the atmosphere.
18 posted on 09/17/2003 3:06:34 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: techcor
It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

Interestingly enough, if you set the bar for the definition of life this low, you can observe life in the soap bubbles in your sink. They form cells, split and recombine. Maybe life started in my sink! I know new and unexplained forms of life have occasionally spontaneously emerged in my fridge.
19 posted on 09/17/2003 3:08:23 PM PDT by MalcolmS (Post Like A Pirate Day: Sept 19. Arrrr Matey!)
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To: bedolido
Orgone energy bump!
20 posted on 09/17/2003 3:10:50 PM PDT by djf
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