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What is Life?

Life has been big news lately, between possible evidence of past life on Mars, and new information about a relatively unknown branch of life. So what is life? Join Ira Flatow on the next Science Friday as he talks to scientists about what they look for when they search for life.

Guests:
Paul Grobstein
Eleanor A. Bliss Professor of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Mark Taylor-Canfield
Seattle, Washington

Susan Lindquist
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

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