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Where Did Life Come From?
Season 6
Episode 9
The origin of life is one of the most important mysteries in all of science. When did life begin? How did life first evolve from chemistry? Where did life get started? In some primordial soup or somewhere else? Let’s journey back to the origin of life, as best as we know it, from the RNA world do the last universal common ancestor of everything alive today.
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We explore all the questions that teach us what's possible in evolution!
22:36
Let's find out exactly what is it!
20:26
Let’s journey from Einstein’s thought experiments about relativity to answer it.
14:49
We use lots and lots of mousetraps and ping-pong balls to show how this works.
16:43
Explore why we lie if we’re supposed to be the most socially developed species on Earth?
5:42
Glass is made of sand, which is a kind of rock. But glass is transparent. We explore why!
11:20
This is how to make a COVID-19 vaccine.
8:01
Do you know the true story of how his famous experiment changed the world?
15:14
Here’s the true story of one of the oldest human customs still in use today.
8:07
Geckos can grip and climb almost anything almost like they can defy gravity but how?
11:38
The world is going to end and scientists are certain all of this will happen.
12:19
The fastest animal in nature isn't what you think it is. It's way, way smaller than that.