Episode 541 - The building blocks chemistry

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Jul 3, 202315:50Science & Medicine

Chemistry is complicated but it had to start somewhere. The origins of complex chemistry had to be built up from scratch. How did complex compounds form on early earth. How can we replicate the conditions of early earth...

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