Origins: Why are we here?

An excellent three-part series on the origins of life on Earth from Vox’ Unexplainable podcast. Or to make things more personal: Why are we here?

  • Part 1: How did all the water come to that fireball in space we now call Earth?
  • Part 2: What was the first ever living thing? (and what do man-made aliens have to do with it?).
  • Part 3: What do we even mean by «life»?
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From Weekly Filet #434, in March 2023.

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