0:00 Origins of life and asgard bacteria 0:45 How we divide life on Earth 1:55 How we learned about evolution of life 2:40 Why do we have bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes? 3:05 New organism called Asgard microbes 5:15 Asgards that form symbiosis and show links to the origins of life 6:15 Multiple mergers 6:55 New proof from the immune system studies 8:45 What these genes mean and conclusions
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Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood talks about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and explains why she chose to write a speculative fiction story.
(This episode first aired in 2018)
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