Houseplants are commonly owned and purported to have a number of health benefits, including air detoxification. In this article, Alec Kittredge examines the specific claim that houseplants appreciably reduce levels of harmful volatile organics encountered in the indoor environment.
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The answer for how life began to evolve on Earth has been philosophized for thousands of years. However, a robust scientific explanation has remained illusory. Here, author Max Cabaj describes a recent study in which researchers have identified from meteorites a diverse set of pyrimidines and purines, two critical structural components of nucleic acids.
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