Press explanations of our experiments We recently published an article in Nature about how amino acids form in interstellar ice. This article got some attention from the press and I have had some questions about it. This web page will direct you to press coverage that can be understood by a lay reader. Please follow the links below to these articles.


Here is the SETI Institute press release

Nature Highlights

Science News

BBC News

Space.com

New Scientist

Guardian

Christian Science Monitor

Astronomy.com

The Washington Post

Chemical and Engineering News

Liberation (en Francais)

If you would like to see the FAQ page that we made for the press a day or two before the paper came out then please click here.


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