#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carl Zimmer is a science writer, journalist and an author who specialises in evolution, parasites, and heredity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Life is the thing which illuminates our corner of the universe. It gives colour to an otherwise cold, brutal void. But what is life? How is it defined? Despite seeming obvious at first glance, this question is one of the most contested in science.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expect to learn what are the most extreme forms of life which can live in the vacuum of space, how life might have begun in rock pools, why aliens might be so different to us that we don't even recognise them, how a slimemould that looks like dog vomit can learn its way through a maze and much more...</span></p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at <a href= "https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code: MW20)</p> <p class="p1">Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at <a href= "http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy Life's Edge - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3pZZLZx">https://amzn.to/3pZZLZx</a> </p> <p>Follow Carl on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/carlzimmer">https://twitter.com/carlzimmer</a></p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" target="_blank" rel=