Well guess as Dr Robert Hagen astrobiologist at the Carnegie Institution and author of the book Genesis talking about the genesis of life in outer space and the 2nd special guest talk about the most incendiary aspect of the evolutionary theory the application to you and me our special guest is Carl Zimmer biologist author of the book Evolution talking about how humans humans probably evolved from a common ape like ancestor according to the fossil evidence and also the voluminous evidence given to us by d n a and biotechnology so an exploration today we talk about evolution and out of space and evolution of our own bodies. Well our 1st special guest today is Dr Robert Hagen of the Carnegie Institution outside Washington d.c. He s an astrobiologist author of the new book Genesis and we are talking about how the 1st spark of life began on the planet Earth about 3 and a half 1000000000 years ago. The 1st question for you is how did you 1st get interested in science as a youth Oh man I wou
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In Syria calling for a general mobilization and urging residents to resist the invasion suicide bomb attacks are also reported on Kurdish forces in the city of ISIS suspected of those America is listening to Fox News. It s the latest from Fox News Trade talks between the u.s. And the china set to resume tomorrow with Washington White House traded was repeated of r.-o. Telling Fox News would like for this to have a good result for the people of America which. Really requires a fundamental restructuring of the Chinese economy in a way which would benefit the globe trotters Foreign Ministry though tempering optimism about the talks that helped push u.s. Stocks sharply lower all day Tuesday Asian stocks closing lower Wednesday as well Customs and Border Protection up with a final daubers on border crossings with the fiscal year just added acting c.b.p. Commissioner Mark Morgan says this past fiscal year they conducted 1000000 arrests interviews or searches of people at the border and 88
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