294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life
Erwin Schrödinger said that the important characteristic of life is that it “goes on doing something… for a much longer […]
294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life Read More
Chemistry
198 | Nick Lane on Powering Biology
The origin of life here on Earth was an important and fascinating event, but it was also a long time
198 | Nick Lane on Powering Biology Read More
106 | Stuart Bartlett on What “Life” Means
Someday, most likely, we will encounter life that is not as we know it. We might find it elsewhere in
106 | Stuart Bartlett on What “Life” Means Read More
82 | Robin Carhart-Harris on Psychedelics and the Brain
The Convention on Psychotropic Substances was a 1971 United Nations treaty that placed strong restrictions on the use of psychedelic
82 | Robin Carhart-Harris on Psychedelics and the Brain Read More
79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life
We are all alive, but “life” is something we struggle to understand. How do we distinguish a “living organism” from
79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life Read More
56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life
Scientists can’t quite agree on how to define “life,” but that hasn’t stopped them from studying it, looking for it
56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life Read More
Episode 29: Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder
Sometimes science is asking esoteric questions about the fundamental nature of reality. Other times, it just wants to solve a
Episode 29: Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder Read More