🍁 Happy First Day of Autumn, my friends 🍂

Upon quick viewing while scrolling through a Twitter feed one could easily mistake this as a closeup view of a solar flare. It is not. #spaceweather #biology #astrobiology

Cool to see LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT as book of the month 😍

To wrap up the first day of #IOoL2024, it's time to get philosophical! We had some great discussions during our first roundtable session: from the definition of life (do we even need one?) to the impact of OoL research on the general public. Share your philosophic takes below! 👇

Sara Walker on Lex Fridman's show speaking about "Physics of life, time, complexity, and aliens"! Join us on Wednesday for a conversation with Sara on #AskAstrobio 🚀 youtu.be/wwhTfyX9J34?si…

Michael Macey from the OU has discovered unique microbes in Droitwich Spa's historic brine baths, with the potential to combat hospital pathogens like MRSA. A local find, but with global impact. ow.ly/i4r850TsU5W #OUResearch

Juliette Langlais starts the science session today talking about formation and polymerization of ribonucleoside 2',3'-cyclic phosphates by wet-dry cycling. #IOoL2024

Next, Vanessa Helmbrecht showed off her pretty lab-made alkaline hydrothermal vents. #IOoL2024

This is happening today! Geek out over the latest Origins of Life research. 😍🔬🦠🧫

It's #TardigradeTuesday! We'll never get tired of watching these water bears wiggle around. bit.ly/4e810w1 Credit: Chloe Savard

Imagine if The Little Mermaid was set in the modern day...these would be the human "treasures" in Ariel's collection. She really should have listened to her dad.

We're super excited to see Dr. Sara Imari Walker on #AskAstrobio tomorrow! Dr. Walker is a past BMSIS scientist, one of the original co-founder's of SAGANet, and an all-around incredible researcher and astrobiologist. youtube.com/watch?v=UkhFqr…

Join me this weekend in Portland Oregon for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! Looking forward to seeing all of you! #MGS #MetalGearSolid #LiquidSnake #Robotech #Leonardo

Join us for this online event where you can learn about potential careers in Space. There are many different jobs, careers and hobbies - you will hear from those who work at and with the OU and what they do in Space! Book now:ow.ly/kmbv50Trvyy #WorldSpaceWeek

The last day of our wonderful conference was opened by Shunjiro Sodei asking us "How can we integrate prebiotic chemistry into life?" and starting an interesting discussion with the audience. #IOoL2024

Valentina Foresta shared with us the current state of her ongoing project GenesisLinks about fossilization on Mars. #IOoL2024

This is today!!! Word of warning: prepare to have your mind blown! 🤯

Shout out to all my celeb friends who were never invited to a party by Diddy, Epstein, Weinstein, Cosby or Trump. Congrats on being an automatic NO when their people were putting the list together.

If you are reading this, and comprehending it, you are one of the lucky bits, who is intelligent enough to understand something about the rest of our universe. It’s up to you what you do with your understanding

A thought provoking documentary on consciousness that'll make your head hurt: Does the Universe have a Purpose? youtu.be/oFZFbFD8uk0?si… Makes you question the role of consciousness and if it played a role in the origin of life and the universe.