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Scientists have created an artificial RNA system that can copy itself using simple building blocks and temperature changes.

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Archaeal biology is a scientific discipline that concerns the biology of archaea, a domain of organisms consisting of single, nucleus-free cells, distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. The cell ...