primordial soup
noun
: a mixture of organic molecules in evolutionary theory from which life on earth originated
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The small fluctuations in microwave radiation result from tiny density differences in the hot, bubbling primordial soup.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
Much has been made of Gen Z turning 2026 into the year of friction; having real experiences, with real people, to make things feel hard and awkward again instead of optimized into a primordial soup flow-of-consciousness state-of-being.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
During the first fractions of a second of the universe's existence, the cosmos was filled with a hot and dense primordial soup called quark-gluon plasma.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
Much has been made of Gen Z turning 2026 into the year of friction; having real experiences, with real people, to make things feel hard and awkward again instead of optimized into a primordial soup flow-of-consciousness state-of-being.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
During the first fractions of a second of the universe's existence, the cosmos was filled with a hot and dense primordial soup called quark-gluon plasma.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Primordial soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primordial%20soup. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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