Lee Cronin

oh yeah then without a doubt it may not be better than what because like the i was just at a conference where some brilliant people were looking at isotope enrichment and and looking at how life enriches isotopes and they're really sophisticated stuff that they're doing but i think there's some fun to be had there because it gives you another dimension of dating how old is this molecule um in terms of in or more importantly how long ago was this molecule produced by life

oh yeah then without a doubt it may not be better than what because like the i was just at a conference where some brilliant people were looking at isotope enrichment and and looking at how life enriches isotopes and they're really sophisticated stuff that they're doing but i think there's some fun to be had there because it gives you another dimension of dating how old is this molecule um in terms of in or more importantly how long ago was this molecule produced by life

The more complex the molecule, the more prospect for decomposition, oxidation, reorganization, loss of chirality, and all that jazz. But what life also does is it enriches. As you get older, the amount of carbon-13 in you goes up. because of the way the bonding is in carbon-13. So it has a slightly different bond strength than you. It's called the kinetic isotope effect.

The more complex the molecule, the more prospect for decomposition, oxidation, reorganization, loss of chirality, and all that jazz. But what life also does is it enriches. As you get older, the amount of carbon-13 in you goes up. because of the way the bonding is in carbon-13. So it has a slightly different bond strength than you. It's called the kinetic isotope effect.

The more complex the molecule, the more prospect for decomposition, oxidation, reorganization, loss of chirality, and all that jazz. But what life also does is it enriches. As you get older, the amount of carbon-13 in you goes up. because of the way the bonding is in carbon-13. So it has a slightly different bond strength than you. It's called the kinetic isotope effect.

So you can literally date how old you are or when you stop metabolizing. So you could date someone's death, how old they are, I think. I'm making this up. This might be right. But I think it's roughly right. The amount of carbon-13 you have in you, you can kind of estimate how old you are.

So you can literally date how old you are or when you stop metabolizing. So you could date someone's death, how old they are, I think. I'm making this up. This might be right. But I think it's roughly right. The amount of carbon-13 you have in you, you can kind of estimate how old you are.

So you can literally date how old you are or when you stop metabolizing. So you could date someone's death, how old they are, I think. I'm making this up. This might be right. But I think it's roughly right. The amount of carbon-13 you have in you, you can kind of estimate how old you are.

Yeah, yeah, like you could say, oh, this person is 10 years old and this person is 30 years old because they've been metabolizing more carbon and they've accumulated it. That's the basic idea. It's probably completely wrong timescale.

Yeah, yeah, like you could say, oh, this person is 10 years old and this person is 30 years old because they've been metabolizing more carbon and they've accumulated it. That's the basic idea. It's probably completely wrong timescale.

Yeah, yeah, like you could say, oh, this person is 10 years old and this person is 30 years old because they've been metabolizing more carbon and they've accumulated it. That's the basic idea. It's probably completely wrong timescale.

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Mm-hmm.

At the moment, we should be able to do this to morphology in cells. So we're looking at cell surfaces and really try and extend further. It's just that, you know, we worked so hard to get this paper published

At the moment, we should be able to do this to morphology in cells. So we're looking at cell surfaces and really try and extend further. It's just that, you know, we worked so hard to get this paper published

At the moment, we should be able to do this to morphology in cells. So we're looking at cell surfaces and really try and extend further. It's just that, you know, we worked so hard to get this paper published

out and people to start discussing the ideas and i was but but it's kind of funny because i think the peb the the penny is falling on this so yeah so what's that even what what's it mean for a penny i mean no the the pennies dropped right because a lot of people like it's rubbish it's rubbish you've insulted me it's wrong and i'm and then you know i mean the paper got published on the 4th of october it had 2.3 million engagements on twitter

out and people to start discussing the ideas and i was but but it's kind of funny because i think the peb the the penny is falling on this so yeah so what's that even what what's it mean for a penny i mean no the the pennies dropped right because a lot of people like it's rubbish it's rubbish you've insulted me it's wrong and i'm and then you know i mean the paper got published on the 4th of october it had 2.3 million engagements on twitter

out and people to start discussing the ideas and i was but but it's kind of funny because i think the peb the the penny is falling on this so yeah so what's that even what what's it mean for a penny i mean no the the pennies dropped right because a lot of people like it's rubbish it's rubbish you've insulted me it's wrong and i'm and then you know i mean the paper got published on the 4th of october it had 2.3 million engagements on twitter