The Atomic Theory of What Life Is

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Carl Safina: Scientists are starting to think deeply on this sort of atomic level view of life. He says if they do get a definition of life, the biggest test is still to come. Safina: If we could find another form of life somewhere else, that would just, it would just change the game profoundly.

For every definition of life, there’s a creature that sends us right back to the drawing board.

This is the third episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.

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