[Rockhounds] Licking Rocks -- Scientists Find Sugar in Meteorites

[Tim Fisher]

I knew it! Now I'm going to assume that agate and jasper also have nutritious sugars!

Tim Fisher
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Subject: [Rockhounds] Licking Rocks -- Scientists Find Sugar in Meteorites

Researchers found evidence of sugar molecules in primitive meteorites, according to a new study. Now, if you please, I would like to taste the rocks.

Yes, I understand that sugar is a family of molecules that consists of more than just the sucrose molecules I use to make my coffee a little more exciting. In fact, ribose, one of the sugar molecules found on these rocks, is an essential biological molecule that serves as a building block of genetic material. I don’t care. Let me lick it.

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-sugar-in-meteorites-now-let-me-lick-th-1839978916
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