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    Explore "microbial life" with insightful episodes like "Smologies #27: MARS with Jennifer Buz", "What Mount Kilimanjaro Has To Do With The Search For Alien Life", "How Venus went to hell", "From the Vault: Life on Venus" and "Life on Venus" from podcasts like ""Ologies with Alie Ward", "Short Wave", "Unexplainable", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind" and "Stuff To Blow Your Mind"" and more!

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    Smologies #27: MARS with Jennifer Buz

    Smologies #27: MARS with Jennifer Buz

    The Red Planet. A mysterious dusty orb millions of miles away. Our emergency escape bunker. Alie sits down with Dr. Jennifer Buz to talk about what Mars’s DEEEEAL is, why we send rovers there, the poetry of the moon Phobos, Martian sunsets and whether we could landscape Mars to look like a golf course. Jennifer is maybe the chillest areologist on this planet and an absolute gem. 

    You're going to want to look at Dr. Jennifer Buz's website JNNFR.BZ

    Info on the 2020 rover workshop via JPL

    Full-length (*not* G-rated) 2-part Areology episodes + tons of science links

    More kid-friendly Smologies episodes!

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    Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio, and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media

    Made possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly R. Dwyer, Emily White, & Erin Talbert

    Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm

    What Mount Kilimanjaro Has To Do With The Search For Alien Life

    What Mount Kilimanjaro Has To Do With The Search For Alien Life
    Understanding how life survives in extreme Earth environments could point to ways life can survive on other worlds. Astrobiologist Morgan Cable talks to host Emily Kwong about how her missions here on Earth have guided two upcoming NASA missions in search for alien life, not in a far off galaxy, but here in our solar system. The Titan Dragonfly and the Europa Clipper missions will each explore an ocean world in our solar system, where scientists believe we could find life--life that may be unlike anything we've seen before. Today on Short Wave, life as we know it - and life as we don't know it.

    Learn more about the search for life in our solar system in the new planetarium show Living Worlds, now at the California Academy of Sciences:

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    How Venus went to hell

    How Venus went to hell
    Venus is the hottest, scariest planet in the solar system, but billions of years ago it may have been a lot like Earth, complete with an ocean of water. So, what killed Venus? And could Earth be next? For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From the Vault: Life on Venus

    From the Vault: Life on Venus

    The planet Venus might seem a hellish destination and an unlikely place to find extraterrestrial life. And yet, many experts agree that life may have existed in the planet's ancient oceans -- and may thrive yet within the upper atmosphere. Join Robert and Joe in a quest for Venusian aliens. (Originally published May 17, 2018)

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    Life on Venus

    Life on Venus

    The planet Venus might seem a hellish destination and an unlikely place to find extraterrestrial life. And yet, many experts agree that life may have existed in the planet's ancient oceans -- and may thrive yet within the upper atmosphere. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick in a quest for Venusian aliens. 

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