> With a series of toy models, the researchers calculated that the biased cosmic ray particles were ever-so-slightly more likely to knock an electron loose from

> With a series of toy models, the researchers calculated that the biased cosmic ray particles were ever-so-slightly more likely to knock an electron loose from a “live” helix than from an “evil” one, an event that theoretically causes mutations. With a dataset of n=1 (a single example of abiogenesis), there is quite limited evidence for the claim. But you don't need much of an effect to influence something that could go either way.