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For years, researchers have puzzled over how two ingredients for life first linked up on early Earth. Now, they’ve found the “missing link,” and demonstrated this reaction in the lab.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250827153505/https://www.404media.co/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-solving-the-mystery-of-lifes-origin/

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[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like that it was "by accident" (i mean they wanted to see what happens but did not guess they find a big answer)

[–] Nomad 2 points 2 months ago

That's how most significant scientific discovery works. If you could expect it, it's probably not significant.