New source of life

One of the things that so fascinates me about western science is the idea that even those things which are assumed facts can be overturned by better explanations. A new theory on the origin of life has been published. Gone is the primordial soup, instead thermal vents is the new course http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/02/primal-soup-theory-nixed-earths-chemical-energy-jumpstarted-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond+%28The+Daily+Galaxy%3A+News+from+Planet+Earth+%26+Beyond%29