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What Is Life?

What Is Life?

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A series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive. What Is Life? was recorded in front of a live audience at Caveat in New York and is supported by a grant from Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative.

Recent Episodes

  • Episode 8. Kate Adamala: Can We Make Life?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 7. Donato Giovannelli: Warm Ponds Or Hellish Vents–Where Did Life Begin?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 6. Steven Benner: How Weird Can Life Get?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 5. Jeremy England: Why Does Life Exist?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 4. Caleb Scharf: How Did Life Begin?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 3. Jim Cleaves: The Origin of Life, from Frankenstein to a Laboratory Spark

    6 years ago

  • Episode 2. Sara Walker: If We Find Alien Life, Will We Even Know It?

    6 years ago

  • Episode 1. Carlos Mariscal: What Do We Mean When We Ask, “What Is Life?”

    6 years ago