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Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

24 May 2018

Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

15 May 2018

Many scientists suspect life began with a molecule called RNA, but there has long been a big problem with this idea. Now there is a solution

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