1) The Astrobiology Series returns with the building blocks and formation of planets. 2) An Academic Minute segment about the evolutionary characteristics of tetrapods.
1) The Astrobiology Series returns with Pauline Schwartz discussing the chemical evolution of life and earth. 2) An Academic Minute segment about box jelly fish venom.
1) The Astrobiology Series returns with Dr. Laurie Leshin former NASA scientist and Dean of the School of Science and Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She talks about female scientists and her long distance search for life on Mars. 2) An Academic Minute segment on a new species of arapaima, a giant freshwater fish discovered in Brazil.