
Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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The Importance of Carbon in Life Forms
Zonda says carbon is the only material that life forms can be made from. But silicon could work in a similar way, but it's just not stable enough to make molecules. Zonda: If we're looking for life elsewhere across the universe then probably it will have centered on the same chemical solution that life has here on earth It's quite difficult to imagine what life could even possibly be like using any other element.
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