The Origins of Life

We know that life emerged from a precursor soup of chemicals. But exactly how did it happen? Why do we find it so difficult to do this in a laboratory? And if the processes which produce life are so opaque, how can we judge whether life is a rare or common phenomenon in the universe? At the intersection of physics and biology two great scientists and communicators debate these questions, with Sir Tim Hitchens in the chair.

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