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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel

@alexchampagne.bsky.social
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NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathis Group @ Arizona State University. Agnostic life-detection strategies, complexity and origins of life. 🧬📡 Also maintains the OoL digest: buttondown.com/ooldigest 🌎 alexandrechampagne.io

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our 5th conference IOoL 2026 just finished! Three intense days at ELSI in Tokyo, full of great talks and discussions about the origin of life. ✨️ 🏯 Thank you everyone for coming!!
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Roman Telescope just launched, still getting chills every time !
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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#CCS2026 early-bird registration deadline tomorrow!! ccs26.cssociety.org
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CCS 2026: The 2026 Conference on Complex Systems @ Binghamton, NY, USA
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Adam Frank @adamfrank4.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Young researchers, apply for our post-docs! The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester invites applications positions in theoretical and computational approaches to complex systems, information theory, and the emergence of autonomous agency. apply.interfolio.com/189157
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
well that’s definitely on my list
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What does it take to solve the origins of life? 🚀 📘 This outstanding publication by several OoLEN members offers an exhaustive and up-to-date review of current techniques in OoL, building a common framework to tackle the origin of life and bridge theory with experiments 🔬⚙️ Check it out! 👇
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What it takes to solve the origin of life: An integrated review. Part 1–Experimental methods and data repositories
The Origin of Life Early Career Network (OoLEN) presents a comprehensive review of common techniques and methods used across diverse research on the origin(s) of life. Part one focuses on…
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Artemy Kolchinsky @artemyte.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Open postdoc with the amazing Sarah Marzen (Scripps College, Claremont, California). Intersection of information theory, biophysics, neuroscience, and machine learning. Please RT theclaremontcolleges.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SCR_C...
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Post-Doctoral Researcher
Claremont, CA Job Posting Title: Post-Doctoral Researcher Job Description: PRIMARY PURPOSE/GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Working with Professor Sarah Marzen, the Post-Doctoral Researcher will serve in an advanced professional research capacity to conduct original scholarly and scientific research relating to the engineering of hybrid adaptive networks. The Researcher will routinely need to apply advanced knowledge in physics, applied mathematics, biophysics, scientific computing, and related fields. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The incumbent will primarily be engaged in advanced intellectual and creative professional work requiring specialized academic training and the exercise of discretion and independent judgment. Additional duties may be assigned; any such additional duties will primarily be consistent with the professional nature of the position. Independently des
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Paul Francois @pfrancois.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We are hiring post-docs ! If you are interested in projects at the interface between physics, biology and machine learning (AI ?) please contact me ! More details here www.francoisresearch.org/positions
Post-doc ad, check https://www.francoisresearch.org/positions
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📢 Deadline extended! The call for abstracts for #IOoL26 (September 9–11, 2026, ELSI Tokyo) is now open until May 2. Details & submission: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9 Don't miss your chance to join the conversation on how life began! 🌍🔬
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Andrew Bissette @andrewbissette.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This week @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social sky.social published a two-part review by @oolen.bsky.social about cross-disciplinary collaboration and methods in the field. It took a few years to get this over the line - @colemathis.bsky.social did an amazing job coordinating so many authors.
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New OoL Digest — 16 papers this week! 🔬🌍 Highlights: experimental evidence for a liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water, assembly of replicating protocells with primitive metabolism, and a new integrated review of theoretical methods in origins research. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — April 6
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Omer Markovitch @omermarkovitch.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The Origins of Life is an inspiring field, bringing many disciplines together. We recently wrote a review that aims at promoting #collaboration , or so we hope. Here are some voices behind it his process: www.cell.com/cell-reports... @oolen.bsky.social
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Better origin(s) of life research through collaboration across disciplines
The emergence of life on Earth poses interconnected questions: how and why did life begin? Where else might it exist? How can we create synthetic life in the lab from scratch? How is life best defined...
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚨 NEW PREPRINT: First detection of cannabinoid molecules (THC & CBD) in an exoplanetary atmosphere! 420 hrs of JWST data reveal K2-18b as the "most chill" civilization within the Cannabis Habitable Zone. arxiv.org/abs/2603.29700
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First Detection of Exoplanetary Cannabinoids: Evidence for THC and CBD in the Atmosphere of K2-18b
We report the first unambiguous detection of cannabinoid molecules in an exoplanetary atmosphere. Using 420 hours of JWST observations combining NIRSpec and MIRI instruments, we identify spectroscopic...
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
⏳ 2 weeks left! Abstract deadline for IOoL 2026 is April 15. Present your work at ELSI in Tokyo this September, meet fellow early-career OoL researchers, and it's free to attend. Submit your abstract: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
New OoL Digest — 24 papers this week! 🧬☄️ Highlights: a complete set of nucleobases found on asteroid Ryugu, first detection of glycolamide in a hot molecular core, amino acids linking RNA copying to vesicle formation, and ecological modelling of hycean worlds. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — March 30
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
⏳ 3 weeks left to submit your abstract for IOoL 2026! Join us in Tokyo, Sept 9–11 at ELSI for OoLEN's biannual meeting for early-career origin of life researchers. 📅 Deadline: April 15 💡 Free registration Don't wait — submit now: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This week's OoL digest is out! 🧪🪐 20 papers — ancient deltas spotted by radar in Jezero crater, azotosomes tested in Titan lake fluids, isotopic ratios in comet 3I/ATLAS, dissipation-driven selection as a formal OoL framework, and memory in synthetic living constructs. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — March 23
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Calling all early-career OoL researchers! 🧪 IOoL 2026 will take place at ELSI in Tokyo, Sept 9–11. Registration is free — submit your abstract by April 15! forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📢 IOoL 2026 is heading to Tokyo! 🇯🇵 Join us September 9–11 at ELSI for the Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers. 🗓️ Abstract deadline: April 15, 2026 🎓 Open to students, postdocs & early-career PIs 💡 Free registration! Submit yours → forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This week's OoL digest is out! 🧪🪐 27 papers — Assembly Theory for exoplanet life detection, nanopore sequencing & life's origins, microbes growing in Martian regolith, wet-dry cycling of nucleotides in Icelandic hot springs, and light-directed protein evolution. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — March 16
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New OoL digest! 🔬🌌 28 papers this week — amino acids in asteroid Bennu samples, error correction evolving from a need for speed, extremophiles surviving ejection from Mars, mobile- and stagnant-lid tectonics on Hadean Earth, and AI-driven genome design with Evo 2. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — March 9
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New OoL digest! 🌍🧪 18 papers this week — the selfish ribosome hypothesis, mirror symmetry breaking via crystallization, peptide formation on olivine from space radiation, a symbiotic origin for the ribosome, and flexible paths to multicellularity. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — March 2
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
IOoL 2026 is happening in Japan this year and the call for abstracts is right around the corner 🗾 If you're working on origins of life — from prebiotic chemistry to complex systems to astrobiology — this is your meeting. More details coming very soon! 🔬
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New OoL digest! 🧬🔬 22 papers this week — a ribozyme that synthesizes itself, carbonated rocks in Jezero crater on Mars, fuel-driven catalytic templating, Asgard archaeal origin of microtubules, and oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — February 23
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Save the date! 🇯🇵✨ ▶️ IOoL2026 — Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers 📍 Tokyo, Japan 🗓️ September 9–11, 2026 Indication of Interest form below! #IOoL26 #Japan #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology 📝 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New OoL digest! 🧪🌍 23 papers this week — a polymerase ribozyme that can copy itself, synthetic cells with DNA replication + lipid synthesis, amino acids in asteroid Bennu samples, chemical habitability shaped by core formation, and molecular complexity in space. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — February 16
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🔬 Today we celebrate women and girls in science! Thank you to all the women working on origins of life research. At OoLEN, our code of conduct commits to gender diversity, because representation matters. You belong in this field. #WomenInScience
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New OoL digest! 🧬🪐 22 papers this week — virus-like particle self-assembly, self-replicating fuels via autocatalysis, Hadean mobile- and stagnant-lid tectonics, habitability of exomoons around free-floating planets, and pre-genetic semantic information in protocells. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — February 9
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Sara Imari Walker @saraimari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Currently hiring 1-2 postdocs to work on origins of life theory/experiment, assembly theory, life detection, with me and @leecronin.bsky.social, positions are mostly based at ASU but also some time could be spent at U. Glasgow, Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176391 Please help us spread the word!
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Curious about how life began? OoLEN is a global community for early-career researchers in origins of life and prebiotic chemistry. 🧬🌍 Connect with others across disciplines, find opportunities, and grow together. Join: oolen.org/join Tell us in the replies—what do you work on? #OriginOfLife
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📣 IOoL 2026 is coming to Tokyo! The next Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting will be September 9-11, 2026 at ELSI in Japan! Join early-career researchers from across disciplines to present work, exchange ideas, and build community. 👉 Indicate your interest below! #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology
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IOoL 2026 - Interdisciplinary Origins of Life Early Career Meeting - Indication of Interest
OoLEN (Origin of Life Early-career Network) is an international post-disciplinary network connecting early-career researchers exploring how life emerged on Earth and beyond. Since 2018, OoLEN has…
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New OoL digest! 🔬🌌 25 papers this week — sulfur-bearing cyclic hydrocarbons in space, self-replicating catalysts, sugar enantiomers in Orgueil meteorite, Europa's ice structure, and peptide catalysts replacing enzymes. #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology #Astrochemistry #Exoplanets
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OoL digest — February 2
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Want to get more involved with OoLEN? Join a workgroup: Outreach, Virtual Meetings, or IT (Python interest helpful). Email: oolearlycareer@gmail.com #Community #OoLEN
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Alyssa M Adams @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A great group of people!
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
OoL digest is out! 🧬🪐 21 new papers — astrobiology & biosignatures, interstellar peptide formation, metabolically active protocells, Proterozoic ocean oxygen, and Europa's icy shell.
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OoL Digest — January 26
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Throwback to FALCON 2025 (OoLEN × AbGradE) in Reykjavík 🇮🇸 Huge thanks to all participants, poster presenters, speakers, and our OoLEN keynote speakers Sean Jordan & Silke Asche. More: www.oolen.org/news-and-eve... #Astrobiology #OriginOfLife
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FALCON2025 - Origin of Life Early-career Network
The Astrobiology Graduates in Europe (AbGradE) and the Origin of Life Early Career Network (OoLEN) proudly present their first jointly organized meeting "FALCON - Frontiers in Astrobiology and…
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Want a community of early-career folks thinking about how life begins? 🧬✨ OoLEN is for students + postdocs + early faculty focused on origins-of-life research. We share: opportunities, events, resources, and member spotlights. Join: oolen.org/join #OriginOfLife #ECR
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
well that should be interesting 🌌
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
OoL digest is out! 🔭⭐️ 26 new papers — HWO & exoplanets, astrochemistry, RNA evolution, eukaryogenesis/deep biosphere, and Mars climate.
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OoL digest — January 19
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
OoLEN update: our Executive Board has expanded from 5 → 7 members. Welcome Selene Cannelli, Marina Fernández, and Anastasia Yanchilina! 🎉 And a huge thank-you to Loraine Schwander for her contributions over the past 2 years. #OriginOfLife #Community
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Going to #AbSciCon26? Working on AI/ML for astrobiology? New ways to investigate life's emergence? The intersection of philosophy and astrobiology? Consider submitting to one of the sessions I'm convening!
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Holly Rucker @hollyrucker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Consider submitting a #AbSciCon2026 abstract to our session on transition metals! #abscicon26 #geobiology
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If you work on the origins of life / prebiotic chemistry, consider joining OoLEN 🧬🌍 We’re an early-career community for connecting across disciplines, sharing opportunities, and building momentum together. Join: oolen.org/join (And feel free to reply with what you work on!) #OriginOfLife
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New OoL digest is out! 🌍🧬 32 new papers, ft. Europa’s seafloor activity, Enceladus exploration roadmaps, prebiotic nickel catalysis, multicellularity switches in yeast, and liquid water scenarios on ancient Mars. #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — January 12
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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#AbSciCon26 (Madison, WI • May 2026): OoLEN members are convening sessions—consider submitting! Abstract deadline: Jan 14, 2026. www.agu.org/abscicon Thread 🧵👇
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AbSciCon 2026
The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) brings the astrobiology community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future.
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
i’d lie if i said i haven’t imagined macaque repairing printers
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New OoL digest is out! 🪐 12 new papers, ft. the Viking missions, exoplanet habitability, and lava tubes on Mars. #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — January 5
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Deadline coming up soon!
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Two weeks to apply! 💫
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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
New OoL digest is out! 9 new papers to wrap up the year. 💫 #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology
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OoL digest — December 29
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