For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

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It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

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In high enough doses, hydrogen cyanide can kill an adult human in minutes, but the chemical may be the reason why we’re here ...

Nitrogen, upon which all life on Earth depends, may hold the key for explaining how early life on the planet evolved and how it could evolve on other planets.

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