Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere (and on Earth). How many such planets have they found already? Several hundreds.
About Dimitar Sasselov
Dimitar Sasselov works on uniting the physical and life sciences in the hunt for answers to the question of how life began
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
BBC Life
Being in Australia I couldn't watch BBC's Life series when it was aired in 2009, but I've made up for that over Australia's long weekend.
It is incredible, almost as good as Planet Earth, and goes to show that if you want a to understand more about our planet and the great number of organisms fighting for their place on it, you need look no further the BBC.
Supposedly, in the US they had to cut each episode down by 15 minutes and get Oprah Winfrey to narrate instead of David Attenborough. Is it any wonder they allow Creationism Science to be taught in the classroom.
View their webpage
View their interactive Tree of Life
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