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RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth

RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth
Phys.org Thursday 20 August 2026, 12:40 UTC 1 min read
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It's one of the origins-of-life chicken-or-egg problems: How could RNA have helped give rise to the first cells before there were cells to contain it?

It's one of the origins-of-life chicken-or-egg problems: How could RNA have helped give rise to the first cells before there were cells to contain it?
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