#rnaworld — Public Fediverse posts

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the latest #artificialCells vs progress in #RNAworld research. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/08/dont-create-evolve.html
#science #originOfLife #astrobiology #RNA

my features published in @CurrentBiology this year, issue 16: To me it's a stupid idea to "create" any kind of life form (cells, humans). All we need to do is to find the spot where chemicals start to evolve. #Evolution will do the rest. Thus, #artificialCells bad, #RNAworld good.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/08/dont-create-evolve.html

#science #astrobiology #originOfLife

Blaise Agüera y Arcas implemented a computational simulation of what amounts to the RNA world hypothesis using a modified form of brainfuck language to encode the evolvable information-carrying and self-replicating substrate as executable programs:

"Computational Life: How Well-formed, Self-replicating Programs Emerge from Simple Interaction" (2024)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19108

Was quite the amusing talk that he gave - and even more amusing that someone noted his paper in brainfuck's wikipedia page.

#brainfuck #RNAworld #evolution

#asteroid #bennu #origis #RNAworld

Scientists and Senators are Excited About the Sugars Found in the OSIRIS-REx Samples

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-and-senators-are-excited-about-the-sugars-found-in-the-osiris-rex-samples

28-May-2025
Chemists recreate how #RNA might have reproduced for first time

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085301 #science #astrobiology #RNAworld #OriginOfLife

#xkcd: #RNAWorld

https://xkcd.com/3002/

#Humour #Cartoon