Big Picture Science - Is Life Inevitable?
(REPEAT) A new theory about life’s origins updates
Darwin’s warm little pond. Scientists say they’ve created the building
blocks of biology in steaming hot springs. Meanwhile, we visit a NASA lab where
scientists simulate deep-sea vent chemistry to produce the type of environment
that might spawn life. Which site is best suited for producing biology
from chemistry?
Find out how the conditions of the early Earth
were different from today, how meteors seeded Earth with organics, and a provocative
idea that life arose as an inevitable consequence of matter shape-shifting to
dissipate heat. Could physics be the driving force behind life’s emergence?
Guests:
- Caleb Scharf – Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, New York
- Laurie Barge – Research scientist in astrobiology at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Bruce Damer – Research scientist in biomolecular engineering, University of California,
- Jeremy England – Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This repeat podcast originally aired on May 13, 2019
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