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Three places on Earth where life might have started

Ancient organic chemistry.

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Capsaicin: Could the compound that gives chili peppers their heat treat diabetes and obesity?

Capsaicin is already used to treat nerve pain. Early research hints it could do more.

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Strange Maps

You can drink the tap water in these 50 countries — maybe

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Reimagining alien life: A new model focuses on function over form

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From “apeiron” to dark energy: Science’s long quest to decode invisible forces

A close up of a pile of different colored candies, including one or two varieties infused with ammonium chloride.

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Ammonium chloride tastes like nothing else. It may be the sixth basic taste