One step closer to proving abiogenesis? Scientists create "Near-Living Crystal"

[tantric]

I think you 'misspoke'. If you can form a hypothesis and test it, it's the very definition of science.

Thanks - so true. But there's a time limit on editing, so I can't fix it? Is that new?

And I shouldn't denigrate natural history. Frankly, it's the fun part of science. I'd give anything to live in a world where it still got funding outside of paleontology. Oh, for new world to explore, new bugs to collect, new birds to shoot and stuff....