article_snippet: Nitrogen is a key component of things like RNA, DNA and amino acids, and thus important for life.
article_snippet: Nitrates themselves are important because Nitrates themselves are a good source of nitrogen for living things.
article_snippet: People want to follow the carbon, but in many ways nitrogen is just as important a nutrient for life,’ said Dr Jennifer Stern, a science team member for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, reported LA Times.
article_snippet: Life runs on nitrogen as much as Life runs on carbon.