Ep. 248: Is Earth Exceptional? with Mario Livio

The big questions of astrophysicist Mario Livio's new book Is Earth Exceptional? The Quest for Cosmic Life are as close as we get to an ultimate curiosity -- questions about the origin of life, the universe, and where and how those two intersect. Dr. Livio worked with the Hubble Space Telescope and is a bestselling author of seven books. Together with Jack Szostak, a biochemist and Nobel laureate, he's written a kind of cosmic “what-dunnit” that shifts between the many and various disciplines that may someday provide the answers they seek about life's origins. Learn more about Mario Livio: https://www.mario-livio.com Theme music by Sean Balick; “Great Great Lengths" by The Balloonist, via Blue Dot Sessions.