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  "id": 185827,
  "title": "Two origins of life: Free-living cells may have emerged twice as bacteria and archaea diverged",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/two-origins-of-life-free-living-cells-may-have-emerged-twice-as",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-05T18:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-life-free-cells-emerged-bacteria.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "How and where did the first forms of life arise? These are the main questions driving research at the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU). In a new publication in Science Advances, an international team led by Düsseldorf biologists uncovers pioneering insights into the network of chemical reactions that the very first cells used to make the building…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}