#116: DNA from outer space; Devi Sridhar on covid lessons; climate change in an Oxford wood

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Could life on Earth have an extraterrestrial origin? rowhoop and chelswhyte revisit the ancient theory of panspermia as we’ve now found all four of the key building blocks of DNA on meteorites that are older than our planet

. The team hears about the fascinating word-pairing method researchers used to identify this mechanism, and how the findings could help people with PTSD, OCD, and anxiety disorders.

When we talk about climate change, we often think of its dramatic global consequences. But it’s having effects everywhere and to make that point, this week Rowan visits Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire. Speaking to Oxford University biologist Ella Cole, he hears how spring has jumped forward nearly a month since research began at Wytham 75 years ago., physicists have written more than 65 new papers trying to explain what’s going on.

Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, has become well known over the last couple of years for her analysis and advice about the pandemic. Rowan speaks to her about her new book,

 

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DownHereOnEarth Don’t you think you lot should get proper jobs

rowhoop chelswhyte Yes it could. But then maybe not. I get exasperated with science issues being addressed with such sloppy imprecise language. Try this. Could there be 127 hairs on my left foot big toe. The answer is of course yes there could be 127 hairs on my left foot big toe. But so what?

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