Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end?

For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us a…

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