Non-Carbon Based Life

Science Fiction has long contemplated the idea that alien life not based on carbon chemistry such as silicon might exist on distant and strange worlds, or might be made to exist advanced biological engineering. What would such life be like? Join this channel to get access to perks: Alien...

25 min - Space & the Universe - Isaac Arthur

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