It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

If you wonder why folks can't take the news seriously, here's Exhibit A, said one blogger. Lord Jesus, how can the reporter file this story with a straight face?

The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber.

It has already been explained that the water of the Nile represents the lifesource and the ways of the world.