[Interview] Venus Could Harbour Non-Water Based Life

Whenever we search for life, we're searching for 'life as we know it". But are there alternative options? Non-carbon based life? Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent? It turns out, things like that can be as close as on Venus. Figuring it out with Dr William Bains. 📜 Venus' Atmospheric Chemistry and Cloud Characteristics Are Compatible with Venusian Life https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371507931 More interviews: 👉 When Did Evolution Start on Earth https://youtu.be/MeVvreDPI6c?si=8yfmEPE4ZNu2PGxK 👉 Finding Alien Life. A Step-By-Step Instruction https://youtu.be/1KKOAaG1Kg8?si=DdlkXO0tSXe1wsxu 👉 How Did Early Earth Get The Ingredients for Life? https://youtu.be/SkWNmkoCelY 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:26 Life as we don't know it 03:27 Defining life 11:44 Evolution 14:02 The role of solvents 18:22 Other fluids 23:33 Venus 29:55 How to look for life on Venus 48:01 Obsessions 56:30 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/wK9LWHNHuF4 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)