Simple chemistry that might have given rise to life on Earth - Interesting Engineering

Researchers believe they've found the chemical process that gave rise to RNA, and not only is it remarkably simple, it could have happened on Mars, too.

The origin of life on Earth is one of the great mysteries of science, but new research says that the answer is so simple that not only could a high school chemistry class reproduce it, but it might h… [+3509 chars]

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