Yes, I’ve actually kept busy enough this week to make it all the way to Friday without compiling the weekly linkfest. So, er, here’s the best thing not related to next-generation sequencing I did manage to see all week: Julia Child explaining the Miller-Urey experiment, then making her own “primordial soup.”

Video via Ferris Jabr. That original experiment turned out to be more successful than originally known. ◼