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1·"Life seems to exploit every possible chemical pathway to obtain energy and make carbon-carbon bonds," says Hazen.

2·As Dr Hazen pointed out, carbon is the fourth-most-abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen, helium and oxygen.

3·And according to Hazen, the researchers have found no sign of the plume in the last three weeks, suggesting its breakdown.

4·Understanding just how dramatically life shapes minerals will play an important role in the exploration of the universe, says Dr Hazen.

5·With NASA’s Messenger probe now going into orbit around Mercury, Dr Hazen predicts that it will find only 300 or so minerals on the planet.

6·Dr Hazen argues that considering minerals in evolutionary terms is a powerful way to help identify how far a planet has developed geologically.

7·Dr Hazen is one of the moving spirits behind a project called the Deep Carbon Observatory, which will be paid for by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

8·In 1998 Hazen founded Total Baseball with his wife, Mable li, which quickly gained a reputation as the finest indoor professional training facility in the western U. s.

9·For example, a newly discovered mineral called hazenite, named for Hazen, forms only because of phosphate produced by a microorganism that lives in the acidic waters of Mono Lake in California.

10·Hazen says that origins-of-life experiments may also help create synthetic cells that can churn out biofuels, which would be a boon in these days of energy crunches and concerns about climate change.