Neat News 2937 (added 2024-01-15)

Origins of life

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How did life start on the Earth some 3.5 billion years ago? Scientists found now that certain fatty acids, that is, certain long organic molecules, form in an environment as may have been on the Earth back then in hot springs with hydrogen, bicarbonate, and iron-rich magnetite.

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