User talk:Porphyrous

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Stanley Miller
Ey Oh Porphyrus,

Noting your mention of the Miller-Urey Experiment in the 1980 science series Cosmos on the Miller-Urey experiment talk page, I wonder that it might be appropriate to add this to Stanley Miller's page. Currently I'm fighting a spot of vandalism there, and I wonder that a bit of dilution might help, and the page is currently a bit on the thin side. Was Miller featured in the Cosmos series?

Best regards, Davy p 20:53, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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