The Most Underrated Chemical Process on Earth｜Nitrogen Fixing

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Why aren't more people talking about how cool Nitrogen is? Almost every single compound that makes you requires Nitrogen. And without organisms that take in nitrogen from our atmosphere and make it useful--all the complexity of life on earth wouldn't be possible. Let's take a look at the nitrogenase enzyme and discover how it blows up Nitrogen.

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