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One element is the backbone of all forms of life we’ve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. Number six on the periodic table is, to the best of our knowledge, impossible to live without. In this episode of Reactions, discover what makes carbon so exceptional, its nearly infinite capabilities, and potential intergalactic implications.
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One element is the backbone of all forms of life we’ve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. Number six on the periodic table is, to the best of our knowledge, impossible to live without. In this episode of Reactions, discover what makes carbon so exceptional, its nearly infinite capabilities, and potential intergalactic implications.
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youtu.be/5gQGWJraptU
Have We Found All The Elements?
youtu.be/rwC9BBHkaAI
How Can You See an Atom?
youtu.be/ipzFnGRfsfE
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Producer: Kirk Zameiroski
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chemistryworld.com/feature/life-on-other-planets/3008503.article
space.com/12665-alien-life-chemical-code-amino-acids.html
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/fr_1/fr_1_future5.html
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27885032
sputniknews.com/science/201903261073556291-mars-rover-photos-mushrooms
previa.uclm.es/grupo/gao/pub/Cornicabra_TG_AG-FoodChem_2004.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9924
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