Introduction

In this episode, we're going to be looking at our best current understanding of the origin of life. In the past few years, some important clues have turned up. The payoff to answering these kinds of questions could help us look for life on other planets and maybe figure out if we are alone in the universe. Jack shawstack is a professor of chemistry and chemi biology at harvard university. bitul cachar is an assistant professor of bacteriology at the university of wisconsin madison.