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The Origins of Life

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Is the Milky Way a Male Cloud?

There are fabulous myths about how life began. Do you feel that they will be destroyed once we get to the point of actually going? I think cells are big, though. They're quite enormous. Quite sinister, annoying. You've got to stop using quarks as your comparison now. It's moving to a lot of disappointment. Making me feel obese. The things that freaked you out are really big things, and really tiny physics. How many plank lengths is your belt? Lots. We want to visit you, I'll catch you later. This is, Tim, on the science, I suppose, on the more elaborate mythic thing. So this is, so, for those

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