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In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life

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  1. kstrauser · · focus · HN ↗

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    1. _qua · · focus · HN ↗
      You think pond water is the worst thing an $80 motel room has seen?
      1. kstrauser · · focus · HN ↗
        > Jugs of brackish water lined the walls. Buckets overflowed with hunks of marsh grass.

        I don’t know, that goes a little above and beyond IMO. One typically doesn’t do science in a house-type setting, for many of the same reasons you don’t carpet a bathroom.

        1. subscribed · · focus · HN ↗
          > for many of the same reasons you don’t carpet a bathroom

          For some reason this is a commonplace in the UK.

          Yeah....

          1. stephbook · · focus · HN ↗
            I had a colleague who walked the tiled floor in front of pissoirs in socks..
            1. subscribed · · focus · HN ↗
              Ugh, I just realised my imagination is too good :)
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