EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 25 MIN
Finding life we can't imagine - Christoph Adami
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How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is. (Filmed at TEDxUIUC.)Talk by Christoph Adami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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