Naked Science

Finding the Origin of Life

TV-G
S7 • E5    Feb 10, 2010
7.2
There are numerous theories about how life began on Earth. One thought is that it sprang up in the warm waters of a pond. Another suggests it arrived via comets. A different theory says life sprang from lightening and volcanoes. Scientists demonstrate that a spark of electricity applied to a primordial soup forms amino acids--the building blocks of life.

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Cast of Finding the Origin of Life

  • Jeffrey L. BadaSelf - Professor of Marine Chemistry
  • David DeamerSelf - Professor of Biomolecular Engineering
  • Rushmore DeNooyerNarrator
  • Steen RasmussenSelf - Research Director
  • Minik RosingSelf - Professor of Geology
  • Dimitar D. SasselovSelf - Professor of Astronomy
  • Laura SchusterSelf - Park Ranger
  • Jack SzostakSelf - Professor of Genetics
  • Ting F. ZhuSelf - Graduate Student Researcher

 

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