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There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

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Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

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Scientists reveal cells can transform into new life forms after death, challenging everything we know about biology. This ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...