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The Real Reality Show: The Rock Life

Find out how an ugly rock can help form the stuff of life.
By David J. Eicher | Published: May 21, 2014 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

Gemini Sparkle

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The latest on understanding the origin of life

New study outlines “water world” theory of life’s origins

Life on Earth may have come from out of this world

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