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Ammonia-Based Lifeforms

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Role of Water in Life

Carbon is only the second largest fraction of mass in your body at 18.5%. Oxygen and hydrogen make up 65% and 9.5% respectively, that's by mass. 93% of the typical human or animal is made up of those three elements. Water plays a critical role as a solvent for all chemicals to dissolve into each other.

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