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A scientist chases the origins of life
In a Glasgow lab, chemist Lee Cronin pursues his obsessive goal of creating synthetic life from inorganic matter.
An intimate look at a scientist chasing one of science's biggest questions: how life begins.
Obsession and electricity: a scientist chases the origins of life in the lab.
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