Kevin Cordle

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bodies are more like battery-powered cars, and instead of having one enormous battery that we recharge occasionally, our cells use millions of tiny organic batteries that we have to recharge constantly. These ubiquitous miniature batteries, which power all life on earth, are called ATPs (adenosine triphosphates). As the name implies, each ATP consists of a tiny molecule (an adenosine) attached to three molecules of phosphate (a phosphorus
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
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