63. Octopuses Did Not Come From Space

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A few months ago a paper appeared online that argued, among other things, that octopuses might have arrived from space several hundred million years ago as frozen eggs, carried by a meteorite. The paper has 33 authors and is in press in a journal called Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. Much of the article is concerned with an older idea that all life on Earth might have been seeded from space, but it is the octopus claim that has been picked up by the media. Several news stories...

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Published on May 24, 2018 01:19
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message 1: by Christian (new)

Christian D.  D. As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating." 🐙 👽 🚀 👾


message 2: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Mills So we are cousins, after all. Good. I didn't really have any doubt.


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