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Sep 25, 2026
Nature Podcast
Briefing Chat: Sweet! Elusive sugar molecules found in space
Astrochemistry and Mathematics podcast with Benjamin Thompson and Nick Petrić Howe
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Nature staff discuss the discovery of a four-carbon sugar molecule in interstellar space and a newly decoded formula that identifies a Maya mathematician.
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