ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This year's Trottier Symposium narrows in on the topics of the origin of life on Earth as well as the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. The third speaker is Dr. Sara Seager (MIT) who was named in Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential in Space in 2012.
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