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  "textContent": "NASA-funded scientists have discovered that life on Earth over 3 billion years ago relied on the metal molybdenum, which was incredibly scarce in the environment at the time. The study, published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, is the first to show that molybdenum was used by ancient life this far back in our planet’s history. […]\n\nThe post NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal appeared first on NASA Science.",
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