Universe Conspires to Create Life - Dr. Nick Lane, University College London

Is life inevitable? Or are we the unbelievable result of an
against-all-odds game that has produced a pair of eyeballs
capable of unravelling the mysteries of the universe? Nick Lane,
Biochemist at the University College London, is torn. On the one
hand, life seems like it has no choice but to occur. The
biochemistry of metabolism is completely spontaneous, even in the
absence of cells. But complexity? That's a whole different
ballgame. We talk about why life on Earth is so strange, why a
metabolic theory for life is so good, why Panspermia is so
unsatisfying, and how some lab results imply our understanding of
metabolism isn't as good as we think.   

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