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To find life beyond Earth, you don't need to guess what it's made of. A new method evaluates not specific molecules, but the overall chemical diversity of a sample. Living organisms typically produce a rich cocktail of amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and fatty acids, while non-living n

The search for extraterrestrial life is like an unreliable medical test: a single positive result means nothing if the error rate is unknown. A new approach sidesteps this problem by dividing worlds into groups—much like patients with different risk factors. Statistical comparison dramatically reduc