What kicked off early life on earth? Organic chemistry and early life need the right minerals to be present and accessible. What helped unlock early minerals on earth like phosphorous to kick start life? Lightning strikes seem rare, but they're much more frequent than meteorites. Early life on Earth could have been helped along through lightning strikes and meteorites. DNA, RNA and Proteins are locked in a complex dance, but which came first. DNA can't replicate without the help of protein and RNA, so how did we develop DNA in the first place? Is it possible for RNA to replicate on it's own?
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Episode 357 - Microbiology vs Macro climate challenges
Episode 356 - Responding to signs of danger
Episode 355 - Satellites keeping us safe on the ground
Episode 354 - Safer pacemakers and mini machines inside our cells
Episode 353 - Mysteries of plants, from using rare metals to boosting photosynthesis
Episode 352 - Figuring out where sound comes from and perceiving pitch
Episode 351 - A new dwarf planet and what makes an exoplanet habitable
Episode 350 - Developing, tracking, recycling new materials
Episode 349 - Domesticating fungus for our food
Episode 348 - More efficient Lithium-Ion batteries and Organic Batteries
Episode 347 - Capturing carbon with better farms and forests
Episode 346 - Can washing machines help stop microplastics in oceans and make hospitals safer
Episode 345 - Overactive immune brain cells and brain cells failing to eat themselves
Episode 344 - Colliding galaxies, stellar foundires and the emptiness of space
Episode 343 - The circadian rhythm of plants, and fighting back against fungus
Episode 342 - Better chemistry and physics in everyday objects
Episode 341 - Forming, Saving and preserving new memories
Episode 340 - Insects revolutionizing agriculture
Episode 339 - Australian Science - life on gold, in the oceans and in deadly gas
Episode 338 - Exoplanets boiling and stretching, Goldilocks and Supernova
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