What Is Life?

Episode 4. Caleb Scharf: How Did Life Begin?


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We don’t know how life got its start. But as more evidence emerges, explains astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, only a few theories are emerging as leading contenders. Scharf is the director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University.

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