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Finding Life, the Universal Way
Lee Cronin's contribution to our ongoing discussion about the universal agnostic biosignatures: The assembly theory is the key.
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Grave Expectations
The problem with trying to codify an official protocol for recognizing biosignatures:
We can try to devise rules for how detecting alien life should unfold, but E.T. might not play along.
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We Need not a Crusade for the Origins of Life
Did life originate in hydrothermal vents? On dry land undergoing wet-dry cycles under a hazy post-impact atmosphere? Or on dry land bathed in harsh UV? No reason to go to war.