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The paper discussed: "Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry"
- "Scientists develop new molecular tool to detect alien life" - news article
- "Chemists design alien life detector" - news article
The essay discussed: ($$ paywall) "Art as a Product of Nature, as a work of Art" by Paul K. Feyerabend
Dragon's Egg, by Robert Forward
Related:
Atlantis's first dispatch on the "Great Phosphine Freakout" of September 2020
Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on the "meaning" of life, as part of 2020 conversation series called "Andromeda Strain and the Meaning of Life."
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