Episode Details

Whenever we search for life, we're searching for 'life as we know it". But are there alternative options? Non-carbon based life? Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent? It turns out, things like that can be as close as on Venus. Figuring it out with Dr William Bains.

📜 Venus' Atmospheric Chemistry and Cloud Characteristics Are Compatible with Venusian Life

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371507931

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00:00 Intro

01:26 Life as we don't know it

03:27 Defining life

11:44 Evolution

14:02 The role of solvents

18:22 Other fluids

23:33 Venus

29:55 How to look for life on Venus

48:01 Obsessions

56:30 Final thoughts and more interviews

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