{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Finding The Origin Of Life","description":"National Geographic Channel 2009\r\nAs far as we know, life is unique to Earth. So how did it come to be?\r\nAnd why here? We\u2019ve all wondered about the origins of life, but one\r\nscientist in San Diego believes that he and his mentor found the\r\nanswer. Dr. Jeffrey Bada at UC San Diego, sheds new light on renowned\r\nscientist Stanley Miller\u2019s controversial experiment from a half century\r\nago. Like Miller, Bada recreates conditions on Earth before life began\r\n4 billion years ago. But this time, Bada introduces 21st century\r\ntechnology that Miller could only dream of. While cameras roll, the San\r\nDiego scientist mixes up a batch of \u201cprimordial ooze,\u201d then, similar to\r\nthe mythical Dr. Frankenstein, zaps it with a bolt of\r\nelectricity\u2014\u201cprimordial lightning.\u201d The results? Amino acids, the\r\nbuilding blocks of all life. It was this stunning experiment that first\r\ndemonstrated that life could have evolved spontaneously from a\r\ncombination of chemical processes present on early Earth. Still, how\r\ncould these amino acids evolve to become bacteria, animals, and\r\neventually humans? How did life start reproducing itself from something\r\nthat isn\u2019t alive?","author_name":"Marabella Productions","author_url":"http:\/\/www.marabellaproductions.com","html":"