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Richard Dawkins, J. Craig Venter, Nobel laureates Sidney Altman and Leland Hartwell, Chris McKay, Paul Davies, Lawrence Krauss, and The Science Network's Roger Bingham discuss the origins of life, the possibility of finding life elsewhere, and the latest development in synthetic biology.

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Science

Henry Rollins being uncharacteristically inspirational.

Henry Rollins speech on the death of his friend Joe Cole. He urges the audience to not take their life for granted, and to not think they are made of time eternal. That the only guarentee you have is the moment, and to be appreciative of that opportunity. To be grateful to have the priviledge of life.

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Opinion

We're getting closer to understanding how life may have begun even though we may not yet be able to replicate the exact conditions.

Since humanity missed the big moment the first time around, biologists trying to understand the origins of complex life have coaxed single-celled microbes to evolve into multicellular forms capable of reproduction. Common lab yeast normally live as single cells that bud off single-celled offspring. But challenging generations of yeast with conditions

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Science

Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites
Richard B. Hoover, Ph.D. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Synopsis Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous meteorites. Based on Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and other measures, Dr. Hoover has concluded they are indigenous to these meteors and are similar to trichomic ...

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Science

I would argue that those who see god in everything are the ones who have a problem seeing life`s true value. They`re not able to see the enormous beauty in the immense improbability of our very existence. If god created us all for a purpose, we`re just doing a job, pawns in his cosmic game. But if we just happen be be here by random chance, then the lives we have are truly something to value, enjoy, and celebrate.

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Atheism/Theism