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TL;DR summary: The actual glass the lab flasks were made of mattered. Miller's lab flasks were made of borosilicate glass and this caused more organic compound
by dandotway 5y ago
TL;DR summary: The actual glass the lab flasks were made of mattered.
Miller's lab flasks were made of borosilicate glass and this caused more organic compounds to form than a more truly inert Teflon flask. But Earth's crust is over 90% silicates which could have similarly contributed to the formation of organic compounds in ancient pre-life earth.
- jonplackett 5y agoIt’s weird how this was the headline of the article but it’s only mentioned very briefly right at the end of the article with very little explanation.
- WesolyKubeczek 5y agoIt’s so that you get to read the whole thing. Granted, it’s written well, so the time reading it has been spent well.
- mod 5y agoI thought the more important fact was that the original experiment produced a bigger variety of aminos than previously thought, discovered by re-examining the original material with modern tech.