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When Life Was Slime: Oxygen, Trace Metals, & Evolution on Earth

All life on Earth was once primordial slime… so how did oxygen and trace metals manage to change evolutionary history?

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01.26.21. Extraterrestrial: Avi Loeb on Oumuamua and Alien Life

If alien life were ever to visit our planet, or even just our solar system, what might it look like?… Read more…
01.18.21. Cosmic Ancestry: Panspermia and the Origins of Life

This week we look at the concepts of panspermia or "cosmic ancestry," the Zoo Hypothesis, and whether alien life may already exist on Earth. Read more…
01.11.21. Forgotten Lands: The Lost Continent Mythos

This week, what do history and modern science tell us about legends of forgotten lands like Atlantis, and why the myth of the lost continent persists? Read more…
01.05.21. Alien: Life From Another World

This week look at the scientific search for extraterrestrial life, and whether Earth has already been visited by travelers from alien worlds. Read more…