Monthly Archives: August 2020

Chemical evolution in a small Gulf Stream

Hot liquids meet a cold sea: Local temperature gradients in porous volcanic rock on Earth could facilitate the self-replication of RNA strands. Credit: Picture Alliance Chemical reactions driven by the geological conditions on the early Earth may have led to the prebiotic evolution of self-replicating molecules. Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet …

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Tigers win first taste of MLB’s new extra-innings rule

The Detroit Tigers got their first run at extra innings since Major League Baseball changed the rules for the short 2020 season. The Tigers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-13 in 11 innings on Friday night, scoring one run in the 10th and four in the 11th and discovering that late …

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