What is the Physics of life?

Daniel and Kelly talk about what Vibrio cholerae does to your body, and the methods we have to combat it. They also talk about some of the really bad methods we tried using in the past. Like, real bad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Daniel and Kelly dive into the history of medicine, and discuss the data John Snow collected to argue that cholera is transmitted through contaminated water and not foul-smelling air. These data bolstered the emerging germ theory of disease.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...  عرض المزيد

Is there life out there in the cosmos? Jorge talks to scientists about whether we are truly alone in the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Professor Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist whose research focuses on the origins of life, artificial life, and the detection of life on other worlds. She is the author of “Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence.” https://search.asu.edu/ ...  عرض المزيد

What is this mysterious technology, and how is it going to affect our lives? Jorge talks to a Quantum scientist and visits their lab to see and hear these machines in action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A paper published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argues that Chagas disease is now endemic in the U.S. Koalas may finally be spared from a deadly epidemic. Meanwhile NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered tantalizing clues about potential ancient microbia ...  عرض المزيد