as a few of you well know i've constantly harped on the fact that science has not been able to duplicate lifes origins here on earth.

while searching for the largest organic molecule in another thread i ran across this:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18272

so, what do you think fellas?

its pretty interesting...my only real question of the article is this:

The team found that the expandable clay not only protected the methanol, but also promoted reactions that formed even more complex organic compounds.
what exactly did they observe? the statement that follows that quote is quite vague.

what exactly did they observe?
i'm not sure, and the article IS 2 years old.

Old news:

"Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay); (The Noble Quran, 23:12)":p /kidding/