Nick Lane is a biochemist at UCL and author of Transformer, The Vital Question, and many other amazing books on biology, chemistry, and life.
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OUTLINE:
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Origin of life
14:56 Panspermia
20:30 What is life?
33:44 Photosynthesis
37:19 Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
47:20 Sex
55:03 DNA
1:02:15 Violence
1:12:50 Human evolution
1:18:45 Neanderthals
1:22:18 Sensory inputs
1:33:08 Consciousness
2:04:41 AI and biology
2:34:00 Evolution
2:54:32 Fermi paradox
3:07:52 Cities
3:15:39 Depression
3:18:14 Writing
3:26:13 Advice for young people
3:33:22 Earth

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