Imagining Life in Outer Space w/ Nat Geo's Stephanie Drimmer!
Channel: The Cosmic Companion - Science Comedy, Astronomy
Date: 2022-10-13

Stephanie Drimmer from National Geographic joins us, exploring what the oddities of life on Earth can teach us about life on other worlds!
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This week on The Cosmic Companion, we examine what the oddities of life here on Earth can teach us about life on other worlds. 

Later in the show, we will welcome Stephanie Drimmer from National Geographic back to the show. Her new book, 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Animals) is filled with amazing facts about animals around the world. We will discuss her new work, as well as play a game exploring what life on our home planet can teach us about life on other worlds. 

But first, let’s imagine what life may possibly look like on alien planets. Naturally, we could imagine most anything we want, with no regard whatsoever to science. Half the sci-fi movies in the 50s are testament to that. 

But let’s instead use the tools of science to get a better idea of what life beyond the Earth may look like….