Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A April 2017 PMID 28396441

Formation of nucleobases in a Miller-Urey reducing atmosphere.

Martin Ferus, Fabio Pietrucci, Antonino Marco Saitta, Antonín Knížek, Petr Kubelík, Ondřej Ivanek, Violetta Shestivska, Svatopluk Civiš

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Discussions reflect a generally positive reception towards the article, with many posts emphasizing the progress in experimental science, such as references to 'advanced methods' and 'RNA nucleobases,' which highlight the ongoing nature of research in abiogenesis. The tone is one of cautious optimism, with words like 'supporting' and 'further evidence,' illustrating how the community perceives the study as an important contribution to understanding how life could have naturally emerged from inorganic materials.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the significance of recent findings, with many agreeing that the formation of nucleobases under early Earth conditions supports theories of abiogenesis.

InterestHigh interest

Posts demonstrate high curiosity, especially when referencing the advancements beyond the original Miller-Urey experiments and their implications for the origins of life.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several comments go beyond simple acknowledgment, discussing follow-up experiments, methods, and broader implications, indicating moderate to deep engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

While some users recognize the importance of these findings for understanding life's origins, others see limited immediate impact, viewing it as a step in ongoing scientific research.

Abstract in brief

  • The study reevaluates the Miller-Urey experiments by using advanced methods and more realistic conditions, showing that RNA nucleobases can be formed in a reducing atmosphere containing ammonia, carbon monoxide, and other gases.
  • The research suggests that the formation of biologically important molecules like nucleobases is plausible under early Earth conditions, countering previous doubts that only amino acids could be produced.
  • The results highlight the importance of small radicals and formamide in the synthetic pathways leading to nucleobases, supporting theories that such molecules could have emerged naturally on primordial Earth.]

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ThankReason4That
@Ausbloke93 · X

@NotEvolution1 They modified the miller experiment and actually yielded even more beneficial results and even further clarified the theory

May 20, 2024 · 2 likes · 501 followers View post →
ItsTheAtmosphere @Padruig@universeodon.com
@ItsTheAtmospher · X

@jc_Craze @AtomsksSanakan @TWTThisIsNow @texastiolinda @Gladfly1 @dvibrationz @wsscherk @kimbetech @kwmeyer121 @NDPnomore @DrDMurray1 @Dcoronata @RogTallbloke @_CaptainReason_ @gjcats @YvanDutil @Tokyo_Tom @FriendsOScience @portun81 @BubbasRanch @rln_nelson @NikolovScience @MassiMassian @EuphoricEuler @QuantumFlux1964 @SA_TEXROD @CrispyCX @Thedukeistheman @Michael46830937 @thefutureBigly @GillesnFio @julieb232 @JrwNovels @davestewart4444 @JPolov @ThijssenR @KenworthCowboy1 @MartinJBern @MAdjusted @Gerard_Veltman @ruralroots2 @stdondley @ThoughtsOfLion @SonOScrutinizer @DCottrell1956 @RoniSylvester @mickel_ans @copiousprojects @peden_c @sales_un please explain how the results of the Miller-Urey experiments using a simple-model reducing atmosphere (NH3 + CO + H2O) yielded RNA nucleobases (sounds like abiogenesis) https://t.co/8rCC3TJa5e

Sep 7, 2019 · 1 like · 994 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@SirWestonlives @cptmbf @Lilith_Atheist And further experiments have produced RNA nucleobases. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 9, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@JBeliefs @retired_atheist @AWULgarity Follow-up experiments have produced RNA nucleobases, which are the building blocks of simple life forms as one would have witnessed at the dawn of the Cambrian Explosion. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 12, 2024 · 1 like · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@RichardFinke69 @054durin @Vivian9799real @PiaKupss @prochoicewoman7 @PrimeSimba87 You're right, I can't - because that takes a really, really long time. However, more recent Miller-Urey experiments have produced RNA nucleobases, providing further evidence life came from non-life. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Oct 5, 2024 · 1 like · 649 followers View post →
Kağan Polatcan
@Churriqueresque · X

@bill_gotya @NotEvolution1 You're switching topics now. You're saying abiogenesis can't happen, it contradicts a natural law. I showed you you have no idea what you're talking about. We have produced amino acids (https://t.co/UEWFZ9rVcB) and even cells (https://t.co/vCVhyr1z1z)

Nov 10, 2024 · 1 like · 28 followers View post →

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Nephthanthropic
@Nephthanthropic · X

@Leigh252425 @SwampWi85275423 @NickWal26529308 @DeeWaynee94 Nope. Here's some evidence. https://t.co/OSYKmPpl7z https://t.co/97jvrD72RQ https://t.co/0aMkCQLed5 https://t.co/pcmcm29qkM https://t.co/qLbChwZu8s

Apr 16, 2025 · 70 followers View post →
Kağan Polatcan
@Churriqueresque · X

@bill_gotya @NotEvolution1 You're switching topics now. You're saying abiogenesis can't happen, it contradicts a natural law. I showed you you have no idea what you're talking about. We have produced amino acids (https://t.co/UEWFZ9rVcB) and even cells (https://t.co/vCVhyr1z1z)

Nov 10, 2024 · 1 like · 28 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@Ragnorak867 @WickAbortions @GospelinGenesis @Awurabena2 @Lilith_Atheist @oliverburdick Okay. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Oct 23, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@RichardFinke69 @054durin @Vivian9799real @PiaKupss @prochoicewoman7 @PrimeSimba87 You're right, I can't - because that takes a really, really long time. However, more recent Miller-Urey experiments have produced RNA nucleobases, providing further evidence life came from non-life. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Oct 5, 2024 · 1 like · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@JBeliefs @retired_atheist @AWULgarity Follow-up experiments have produced RNA nucleobases, which are the building blocks of simple life forms as one would have witnessed at the dawn of the Cambrian Explosion. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 12, 2024 · 1 like · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@Shortlong19 @SickOfTh1sSh1t @kayessdub @Lilith_Atheist It was. And RNA nucleobases have since been created from the same environment. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 12, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
cptmbf
@cptmbf · X

RT @ox45tallboy: @SirWestonlives @cptmbf @Lilith_Atheist And further experiments have produced RNA nucleobases. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 9, 2024 · 1 share · 642 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@SirWestonlives @cptmbf @Lilith_Atheist And further experiments have produced RNA nucleobases. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 9, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@TsarNickGur @CowardsofUvalde @Thedukeistheman @LaserSharkDFB @mistercasssy @FetusGerulaitis @darwintojesus Dude, the Miller-Urey experiments were more than 70 years ago. They've been replicated countless times, and now have produced RNA nucleobases. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 3, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@Ben368941 I... don't think you understand what the experiments actually were, as anyone making the argument that it supports intelligent design would be laughed out of the conversation. Here, this followup experiment from 2017 goes into more detail. https://t.co/0Q8DX6jZAS

Sep 2, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@BeyondEvolu777 @Dan_Morrison @Lilith_Atheist The Miller-Urey experiments were more than 70 years ago. We've already progressed to forming RNA nucleobases from inorganic material. The science is sound. https://t.co/C0gVhQdxia

Aug 18, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@Hadalifeb4this_ @JamesGoyChew @joshimusp @Lilith_Atheist @Pardon_Me_Again I just showed you evidence. And that was 72 years ago, we've now improved on the experiment and are up to RNA nucleobases from inorganic material. https://t.co/C0gVhQcZsC

Jun 30, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@JohnsonKho99946 @Truth_N_Science @Lilith_Atheist That organic chemicals, the precursors to life, can be formed when inorganic chemicals are exposed to energy. These experiments were later reproduced to create RNA nucleobases. https://t.co/C0gVhQcZsC

Jun 29, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
öx45tallboy
@ox45tallboy · X

@ThomasPudgy3 @BanjoAtheist It was 22 different amino acids in one of their experiments. And we've moved on to nucleotides. https://t.co/C0gVhQcZsC

Jun 17, 2024 · 649 followers View post →
ThankReason4That
@Ausbloke93 · X

@NotEvolution1 They modified the miller experiment and actually yielded even more beneficial results and even further clarified the theory

May 20, 2024 · 2 likes · 501 followers View post →
Aron Ra
@Aron_Ra · X

@The_Idol_Killer @traferlix Thanks to Urey-Miller and a number of other, similar experiments, we know that water, ammonia, methane and hydrogen generate amino acids (organic chemicals) when heated and charged with electricity. https://t.co/zWMNybjZQr

Apr 10, 2024 · 48,010 followers View post →
@goldengamer.bsky.social
@GgeSeth66026 · X

@REPENTORHELLBRO @erichovind The experiment demonstrated how RNA nucleobases likely formed on a pre-biotic Earth. https://t.co/Atw3ydtbE3

Mar 30, 2024 · 138 followers View post →
Aron Ra
@Aron_Ra · X

@Davism_Soupism @DuneSlaya @stemmler448 @schplazingo We need to show how organic chemicals can form naturally from inorganic origins. Urey-Miller and a number of other similar experiments showed how water, ammonia, methane and hydrogen generate amino acids when heated and charged with electricity. (cont) https://t.co/zWMNybjZQr

Feb 16, 2024 · 48,010 followers View post →
Chi-town Prophet
@ChgoProphet66 · X

@kronkdonkulus @icemusic707 @davinator_t @CapturingChrist This is only one for you to peruse. There are many many more studies available online. https://t.co/QasJMIIFWU.

Sep 5, 2023 · 485 followers View post →
Eternal sunshine
@Carryonstun · X

@REPENTorrHELL @SecularSmurf @hubie0 @umfpt @RAdams87174368 @TransitFossil @rkdoctr @edgy_knife @RebelATliance @DarkCowboyGod @1Quetzalcoatl1 @CultInquisitor @remofjacob_ @_truthswordsa @LannisterLeo @peterrevans16 @megafant1 @depth_ocean_ @CarusoLawLV @NHoomans @Tumtumtum7774 @ScientiaPercept @girmayyy @LucZeph @FifthDonkey @dirk_fasshauer @CodexMma @MephistoTabern1 @kester_lowers @D_D_1983 @ericlovesvinyl @GospelOBenjamin @1pckt @EdgeZeto @Paleoguy073 @daren_wedge @themucusonkel @orna_verum @WatkinsFolly @ax2n38 @Chortling_Man @OnlyaMoment3 @DeanoMartino1 @badgervindaloo @Infeterrence @dan_cameron99 @TakeThatDarwin @robburdack @StevenB45193461 @waiting4evidnce Show me the bible verse that mentions god forming a single celled organism. Here is a study that simulated the conditions of an early earth: https://t.co/kJVPokWYCQ

Jul 9, 2023 · 74 followers View post →
Juan Pablo Aguilar
@juan1984 · X

@atheist_bad Some people are willfully ignorant idiots, or just mentally retarded, incapable of understanding basic biochemistry and even facts like the Miller-Urey experiment. Furthermore, they deny them cowardly. https://t.co/Gtgs44xNgO https://t.co/g2PhISOy6S https://t.co/hzdsUOOK59

May 22, 2023 · 1,328 followers View post →
Ziad ZD↗️
@crixus_ar · X

@iceveq01 @sha_1_dow اضع المصدر أمامك مرة اخرى, فما هو موقفك؟ كذب وتدليس أم ماذا؟ https://t.co/kxKCXm39ms

Mar 31, 2023 · 3,712 followers View post →
Ziad ZD↗️
@crixus_ar · X

@iceveq01 @sha_1_dow سأتجاوز عن اساءاتك بحقي تقديرا مني لصعوبة موقفك... ها هو المصدر .. تفضل تأكد منه بنفسك https://t.co/kxKCXm39ms

Mar 31, 2023 · 3,712 followers View post →
Ziad ZD↗️
@crixus_ar · X

@2072_hatem @mohammed_y148 نعم حصل

Aug 27, 2022 · 3,712 followers View post →
Ziad ZD↗️
@crixus_ar · X

@Chocoltz @Ahmedism77 @HOUSTON7538 @alqrdt @HashTiger94 و هنا ايضا البروفسور مزلاج اختصاصي فقه نكاح السبايا يطمئنكم بأن تصنيع لبنات الحمض النووي انطلاقا من مواد غير عضوية متوفرة في الكواكب ما هو الا اضغاث احلام وليخسأ الخاسئون ويريدون ليطفئوا نور الله وانا لهم لبالمرصاد

Mar 30, 2022 · 3,712 followers View post →
Thaddeus Gutierrez
@Fulguritics · X

@FlatironCCA @QuantaMagazine Formation of nucleobases in a Miller–Urey reducing atmosphere https://t.co/rY7p3UhW9F Ultrahigh-speed electroatmogenic transformation of humus matter into naphtoid "practically all [fulgurite] amino acids are largely represented by L-modification (95%)." https://t.co/igL5SXvBZB

Jul 1, 2020 · 300 followers View post →
ItsTheAtmosphere @Padruig@universeodon.com
@ItsTheAtmospher · X

@jc_Craze @AtomsksSanakan @TWTThisIsNow @texastiolinda @Gladfly1 @dvibrationz @wsscherk @kimbetech @kwmeyer121 @NDPnomore @DrDMurray1 @Dcoronata @RogTallbloke @_CaptainReason_ @gjcats @YvanDutil @Tokyo_Tom @FriendsOScience @portun81 @BubbasRanch @rln_nelson @NikolovScience @MassiMassian @EuphoricEuler @QuantumFlux1964 @SA_TEXROD @CrispyCX @Thedukeistheman @Michael46830937 @thefutureBigly @GillesnFio @julieb232 @JrwNovels @davestewart4444 @JPolov @ThijssenR @KenworthCowboy1 @MartinJBern @MAdjusted @Gerard_Veltman @ruralroots2 @stdondley @ThoughtsOfLion @SonOScrutinizer @DCottrell1956 @RoniSylvester @mickel_ans @copiousprojects @peden_c @sales_un please explain how the results of the Miller-Urey experiments using a simple-model reducing atmosphere (NH3 + CO + H2O) yielded RNA nucleobases (sounds like abiogenesis) https://t.co/8rCC3TJa5e

Sep 7, 2019 · 1 like · 994 followers View post →