{"id":27814,"date":"2018-02-08T19:03:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T23:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=27814"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:54:54","slug":"making-life-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/making-life-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKING LIFE IN THE LAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Roger Oakland<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Understand the Times, International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the dark ages, people believed non-living materials could become life by a spontaneous process. They foolishly believed that garbage had the potential to turn into maggots, flies, and rats. This was proven false when the Italian physician Francesco Redi performed his famous experiment. 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