New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thought
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

When the Earth was born, it was a mess. Meteors and lightning storms likely bombarded the planet`s surface where nothing except lifeless chemicals could survive. How life formed in this chemical mayhem is a mystery billions of years old. Now, a new study offers evidence that the first building blocks may have matched their environment, starting out messier than previously thought.