Finding Life by Looking for Complexity

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

University of Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin believes he and his collaborators have found a way to recognize life as we know it and as we don’t know it.

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0:00.0	Don't look for what life is, look for what it does, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:10.8	Welcome.
0:11.8	I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar
0:16.9	system and beyond.
0:19.2	Lee Cronin and his colleagues call it assembly theory.
0:23.1	It may be able to recognize life as we know it and as we don't.
0:28.0	He'll join me from his lab at the University of Glasgow to explain.
0:32.7	I'm simply going to assume that everyone who listens to this show loves Saturn.
0:38.0	So does my colleague, Ray Paletta.
0:40.0	She has collected a dozen of the best images of that world's rings.
0:44.8	Listen to what she has to say before you turn your gaze to them and we'll look to the
0:49.2	stars when Bruce Betts arrives for this week's WhatsApp.
0:52.5	Well, one star anyway, but it's a doozy.
0:56.5	Here's a sample of the Planetary Society's weekly newsletter.
1:00.0	You can see the downlink at planetary.org slash downlink, but you can also subscribe for
1:05.0	free.
1:06.0	Really?
1:07.0	Nothing.
1:08.0	Happy anniversary light sail, too.
1:10.0	As you heard from Bruce last week, our little solar sail completed its second year in
1:15.5	Earth orbit on June 25th.
1:18.2	Check out the latest images of Earth and get the current status at planetary.org slash
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