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Carbon is the primary building block of all life on Earth. Without it, humans would have no DNA. What if we tried replacing human life with silicon instead of carbon. What would silicon-based humans look and act like?

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00:00 Silicon-based life
00:53 Carbon life
02:32 Weak double bonds
03:42 Molecule movement
04:19 Sulphuric acid oceans

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