Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets | Lex Fridman Podcast #195

Clara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:39 – Discovery of phosphine on Venus
14:16 – Phosphine gas
24:29 – Searching for molecular fingerprints
35:26 – What does a quantum astrochemist do?
50:31 – Spectroscopic networks
54:56 – Biosignature gases
57:49 – UFOs and aliens
1:11:06 – Alien civilizations
1:28:42 – Programming
1:35:57 – Why science is beautiful
1:39:50 – How to be productive
1:50:09 – Books
1:51:41 – Meaning of life

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