Was a Natural Fuel Cell Key to the Origin of Life on Earth?

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

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🗓️ 1 July 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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There’s so much we don’t know about the origin of life here or anywhere else in the universe. But there must have been an energy source. Researcher Laurie Barge led work that simulated the natural formation of a fuel cell that may have taken place in Earth’s primordial oceans.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Life the Universe and Universe and Fuel Cells
0:09.0	This Week on Planetary radio. Radio. Welcome to the travel show that takes you to the Final Frontier.
0:20.0	I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society.
0:22.0	Did Life on Earth get its start deep in the primordial ocean
0:26.5	as the sort of chemical reaction that drives a fuel cell?
0:30.6	That's the line of research being investigated by scientists, including our guest this week.
0:36.0	Lori Bardge recently led publication of a paper about the laboratory simulation of conditions
0:41.8	around warm ocean floor vents that has very interesting
0:45.9	implications. We'll talk with her in a few minutes. Bill Nye continues to follow
0:50.4	developments in the NASA supported efforts by three companies that hope to provide
0:55.3	rides to the International Space Station in their commercially developed space vehicles.
1:00.6	Later today a sleepy Bruce Betts will tell us what he saw in the sky that kept him up last night.
1:06.0	Emily Lachtoala has begun a well-earned three-week vacation.
1:10.0	Filling in for her this week is a new addition to the staff of the planetary society.
1:15.0	Jason Davis has been contributing terrific articles to a society blog for a long time.
1:20.0	Now with the arrival of an exciting new phase for the light sale project he has moved up to full-time work
1:26.6	We talked via Skype a few days ago
1:29.5	Jason welcome aboard. Hey Thanks Matt Matt. Glad to be here.
1:33.0	And it is great to have somebody in this role.
1:34.7	Great to know that LightSail is moving along enough that we need somebody in this role.
1:39.0	What will you actually be up to?
1:40.7	I will be serving as a sort of embedded journalist. I'll be following the team closely
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