Definitely an interesting theory. I could absolutely see life forming there, though some of her arguments are a little over the top:
"RNA plays an important part in translating the genetic code, and is composed of nitrogenous bases, sugar, and phosphates. RNA and many proteins and lipids in our cells have negative charges like mica. RNA's phosphate groups are spaced one half nanometer apart, just like the negative charges on mica."
This is coincidence and nothing more. Lots of things have a negative charge. In fact, half of all things with a charge must be negative. The same with the phosphate groups. I assume she means the distance between the phosphate group in subsequent ribonucleotides, since in the chain each ribonucleotide has only one phosphate group. However, I believe this distance can change based on how the RNA is folded (it's never in a straight chain like it's drawn unless it's bound to its complimentary strand).
I hope more research is done on this though, because it would solve some problems with the primordial soup hypothesis.
"RNA plays an important part in translating the genetic code, and is composed of nitrogenous bases, sugar, and phosphates. RNA and many proteins and lipids in our cells have negative charges like mica. RNA's phosphate groups are spaced one half nanometer apart, just like the negative charges on mica."
This is coincidence and nothing more. Lots of things have a negative charge. In fact, half of all things with a charge must be negative. The same with the phosphate groups. I assume she means the distance between the phosphate group in subsequent ribonucleotides, since in the chain each ribonucleotide has only one phosphate group. However, I believe this distance can change based on how the RNA is folded (it's never in a straight chain like it's drawn unless it's bound to its complimentary strand).
I hope more research is done on this though, because it would solve some problems with the primordial soup hypothesis.