Bruce Gibb wonders whether our faith in chemistry — and what it can teach us about the Universe beyond our Earthly bounds — will have a role to play in the search for alien life.
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Gibb, B. Faith, chemistry and extraterrestrial life. Nature Chem 6, 943–944 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2094
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