Topic
Astrobiology
The search for life beyond Earth and understanding life's origins in the universe.
Episodes4
- EP 50
AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding
Asteroid samples reveal life’s molecular alphabet, Washington battles over who controls science funding, and AI produces a counterexample to a 90-year-old mathematics conjecture.
- EP 29
Astrobiology’s Biggest Survival Test + A Vaccine Against Everything?
How life could survive a trip from Mars—and how one vaccine might protect against many pathogens.
- EP 17
Hypersonic Physics, Deep Sea Life & Princeton's Millisecond Qubits
Hypersonics, alien-life analogs, and a millisecond qubit.
- EP 8
Strongest Evidence for Alien Life? (Mars, K2-18b & JWST)
The strongest evidence yet for biosignatures on Mars.
