University of California - Santa Barbara, PhysOrg.com
This is a popular press article about the Hansma mica hypothesis for the origin of life. It briefly explains the possible chemistry of biomolecule (RNA, protein) creation in mica layers. There is a toolbox that provides tools to save, print, share, or comment on the article, as well as a comments section that can be filtered according to user ratings of the comments.
Subject: Biology, Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry, Evolution, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Chemistry Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), General Public Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:BiogeoscienceKeywords: origin of life, mica, biomolecules
