Could auroras have helped life begin?

I’ve posted two related preprints exploring how auroral particle precipitation and ice microenvironments may have created chemically rich niches for early RNA systems.
Preprint:
https://zenodo.org/records/20342550
https://zenodo.org/records/20342531

#Astrobiology #WeirdScience #Aurora #OriginOfLife #SciComm

Not about the brain at all — just me wondering “where does consciousness even come from?”
Dropping it here in case you’re into that kinda thing.
https://zenodo.org/records/20483569

#weirdscience #randomthoughts #consciousness #anthro