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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests

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Intriguing 'autocatalytic' reactions appear to be far more common than scientists had thought.

Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.

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@TheYear2525
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6•1 year ago
The purpose of life is to seek out and dissipate energy gradients.
- @FooBarrington
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  Due to this fact, I strongly believe that the ultimate purpose of intelligent life must be to find a way to reverse entropy, before there are no more energy gradients to dissipate.
  - RachelRodent
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    Very interesting take, I love it

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