A shock to pollution in chemistry
http://www.sciencecodex.com/a_shock_to_pollution_in_chemistry-103063
I have to say that I didn’t even consider this as a possibility. The idea that meaningful chemistry could happen by shaking a bunch of raw chemicals together in a jar of vibrating steel balls is, I feel quite sure, something that would never occur to me. I like it, though, and wonder if there might be some ideas for the origin of life in it. Maybe life originated in a marine landslide?
