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shistavanenjediThe OU course is nearly finished. I just have one more week to go with it and then that's it.
However, I think it's time now to look at some of the more bizzare stuff that's cropped up in the course.
1. A parsec is an actual unit of measurement, not just something George Lucas made up so Han Solo could brag about how good a pilot he is.
2. Crystals may have had a role in the origin of life (werid, don't ask me how they thought that one up. Sometimes I wonder if scientists are grasping at straws trying to explain life's origins.)
3. Europa and Titan may have the condictions to support life.
4. Microfossils of "bactria" are thought to have been found in a metorite from Mars. (Old news, but some people might have forgotten about that one.)
5. Amino acids and other organic molecules have been found in comets. (But not formed by living microbes.)
However, I think it's time now to look at some of the more bizzare stuff that's cropped up in the course.
1. A parsec is an actual unit of measurement, not just something George Lucas made up so Han Solo could brag about how good a pilot he is.
2. Crystals may have had a role in the origin of life (werid, don't ask me how they thought that one up. Sometimes I wonder if scientists are grasping at straws trying to explain life's origins.)
3. Europa and Titan may have the condictions to support life.
4. Microfossils of "bactria" are thought to have been found in a metorite from Mars. (Old news, but some people might have forgotten about that one.)
5. Amino acids and other organic molecules have been found in comets. (But not formed by living microbes.)
