What makes 'life' so hard to define? A developmental biologist weighs in
In this Back To School episode we consider the "List of Life": the criteria that define what it is to be a living thing. Some are easy calls: A kitten is alive. A grain of salt is not.But what about the tricky cases, like a virus? Or, more importantly, what about futuristic android robots?As part...
<p dir="ltr">In this Back To School episode we consider the "List of Life": the criteria that define what it is to be a living thing. Some are easy calls: A kitten is alive. A grain of salt is not.<p dir="ltr">But what about the tricky cases, like a virus? Or, more importantly, what about futuristic android robots?<p dir="ltr">As part of our Black History Month celebration, developmental biologist <a href="https://www.crystalrogersphd.com/about-the-pi.html"target="_blank" >Crystal Rogers</a> and Short Wave co-host <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1082526815/regina-g-barber"target="_blank" >Regina G. Barber</a> dig into what makes something alive, and wade into a Star-Trek-themed debate.<p dir="ltr"><em>Listen to Short Wave on <a href="https://n.pr/3HOQKeK"target="_blank" >Spotify</a> and <a href="https://n.pr/3WA9vqh"target="_blank" >Apple Podcasts</a>.</em><p dir="ltr"><em>Is there something you'd like us to cover? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.</em>
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