UI researchers learning about early life on earth, other planets

Traces left by long-ago bacteria and other microbes in the crust of the Earth are nowhere near as a scary as a toothy T-Rex skull fossil.

They're not nearly as easy to find, either, being on the order of microns, as opposed to meters, in size. (A micron is a millionth of a meter.)

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