Micro-sparks between water droplets may have started life on Earth

Micro-sparks between water droplets may have started life on Earth

In the beginning, Earth was a hot and lonely planet. It also lacked water. Then, after hundreds of millions of years, the planet cooled, oceans formed — and life emerged. Although scientists can’t know for sure just how life first came to be, they may now be one step closer. California researchers have just shown that tiny sparks between water droplets can create the chemical building blocks of life. Their observation may point toward where else…