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The Michael Shermer Show
The Michael Shermer Show

What Turns Sand Into Cells? How Nonliving Matter Becomes Alive

Apr 8, 2026 · 01:27:13
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  • Lee Cronin explores how nonliving matter organizes into life before cells or DNA.
  • Discussion covers assembly theory, RNA, and autocatalysis as potential origins of life.
  • The episode questions if causation and selection existed before the first organism.

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