Ice and the origins of life on Earth ⏲️ 6 Minute English

The James Webb Space Telescope recently detected the coldest ices ever in outer space, something Nasa scientists think could explain the origins of life on Earth. Sam and Neil talk about science and teach you related vocabulary. ❓❓❓ This week’s question We know ice is frozen water, but do you know the chemical symbol for water? a) H2O b) HO2 c) H2O2 Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary ✔️primordial soup environment on Earth before there were any plants or animals, and which formed the conditions for life ✔️building blocks of life most basic biological and chemical units capable of supporting living plants and animals ✔️comet large object made of dirt and ice travelling around the sun with a bright, burning tail ✔️lightning flash of bright light produced by electricity moving in the atmosphere ✔️organic relating to living plants and animals; food grown without the use of artificial chemicals ✔️chain reaction series of chemical reactions in which one change causes another which in turn causes another [Cover: Getty Images] You can download the transcript and audio for this programme here: 👉 More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ The health benefits of apples: ⭐ Why do we procrastinate? ⭐ Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? ⭐ Exercise for The Lazy: ⭐ Can AI have a mind of its own? 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 Visit our website 👉 Follow us on Instagram 👉 Follow us on Twitter 👉 Find us on Facebook 👉 Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish Get our app: Android 👉 iPhone 👉 We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #ice