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This traditional model suggests that the evolution of intelligent life is a highly improbable event. A groundbreaking study has suggested that intelligent life may be a common outcome on planets ...

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Many of the essential molecules of life can exist in two mirrored forms, like a person’s left and right hands. While these “chiral” molecules are difficult to distinguish from each other ...