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- Earth
Seafloor Chemistry: Life’s building blocks made inorganically
Hydrocarbons in fluids spewing from hydrothermal vents on the seafloor in the central Atlantic were produced by inorganic chemical reactions deep within the ocean crust, a finding with implications for the possible origins of life.
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- Health & Medicine
New route to insulin-making cells
Researchers have found cells resembling stem cells in the mouse pancreas, suggesting new ways to treat diabetes.
- Earth
A crack and a fault in paradise
Mauna Loa, Hawaii's most massive volcano, may be splitting the Earth's crust.
