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Chemical fingerprints” of Earthly bacteria may be glimpses of life in space

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Six million dollars infundsfrom NASA will go to UW-Madison and two other schools or labs. The money willhelp the space agencylook for tiny life on other planets,and early life on Earth.Chuck Quirmbach reports…

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