Brains Matter

In this episode, continue my talk with Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following topics:
- Extremophiles
- Could life exist deep inside the Jovian planets?
- Why would it be beneficial to find life elsewhere?
- Europa as a possible candidate for life
- How likely is it that life elsewhere may evolve [...]

In this episode, I talk to Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following questions:
- What is astrobiology?
- The Urey/Miller experiment
- Do amino acids lead to life?
- What is life anyway?
- What conditions are required for life?
- The possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system
- Could life have come [...]

Hi all,
As I mentioned yesterday, google has purchased feedburner, and as a result, the RSS feed for Brains Matter will be changing. The new feed, thanks to the imaginative folks at google, is
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/BrainsMatter
So what does this mean for you? If you’re using iTunes, it should hopefully not make much of a difference. [...]

Hi all,
Just letting you know, if you experience difficulties with the feed over the next couple of weeks, that is because feedburner and google are having a bit of fun and games at the expense of many podcasters (this isn’t the only podcast that has been affected). So bear with me while these issues [...]