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Tagged “Origin of Life”
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Astrobiology & The Physics of Life's Emergence with Sarah Walker
In this engaging episode, theoretical physicist and astrobiologist Sarah Walker discusses her new book, Life As No One Knows It, introducing a radical new framework for understanding the origin of life. Moving away from traditional biologi…
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Lee Cronin: Assembly Theory and the Origin of Life
In this episode, Lee Cronin details his innovative Assembly Theory, a framework designed to quantify complexity and evolutionary selection. By calculating the minimum number of steps required to assemble an object, Cronin offers a path to …
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Bio-Origins, Eukaryotic Life, and the Great Evolutionary Leaps
Biochemist Nick Lane explores the fundamental origins of life, moving beyond the 'soup' hypothesis to emphasize the role of hydrothermal vents as continuous, energy-driven crucibles. He profiles evolution's greatest inventions, specificall…
3h 47m -
Unraveling the Origins of Life, Aliens, and Assembly Theory
In this deep, interdisciplinary episode, Sarah Walker and Lee Cronin discuss the groundbreaking concept of assembly theory, a new physics-based framework for understanding the emergence of life and complex objects. The speakers argue that …
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Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Artificial Life & Assembly Theory
Lee Cronin explores the universe as a process governed by memory and selection. He argues that life is an inevitable outcome of chemistry, positing that existence and complexity arise naturally whenever bonds allow for the reusability of s…
4h 12m
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