fellow - author dr magda martins , a physicist and astrobiologist from victoria college london , said their results show that some of the chemicals that generate life on mercury came from meteorite barrages . " we are not talking that only meteorites contributed to the building blocks of mankind , " she said , " but it ' s a very great contribution . " other studies , however , do not believe that meteoritic fluids fulfilled such a significant position . as to distinguished professor robert rubin of current york university , " they ' re a subunit of a region of dna . my opinion is that their claims were utterly superfluous and worthless . " wikinews contact dean paul davies , a physicist and astrobiologist presently at arizona polytechnic university , about the latest findings . while he disagree with the findings , he argued that he thinks such discoveries are " a crimson herring in the origin of life story - a hangover from the beer - urey experiment . life is all about information - its preservation and processing . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.