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Posted by: Dan Turello
Fourth Astrobiology Chair Luis Campos began his tenure at the Kluge Center on October 3. A historian of science, his most recent book is “Radium and the Secret of Life” (University of Chicago Press, 2015). He will spend his fellowship year at the Kluge Center studying the history of synthetic biology and its overlap with astrobiology …
Posted in: Astrobiology, Culture & Society, History, Uncategorized
Posted by: Dan Turello
In March, Astrobiology Chair Nathaniel Comfort interviewed four pioneering scientists about their roles in developing key models for the origins of life. The program titled “The Origins of the RNA World,” was part of Comfort’s year-long residency at the Kluge Center working on a book project about the genomic revolution’s impact on origins of life …
Posted in: Astrobiology
Posted by: Dan Turello
Our third Blumberg Dialogue in Astrobiology concluded on the afternoon of August 6th, bringing to a close an intense seminar series held this year with scholars from around the country and across disciplines. Designed as a complement to the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, the dialogue series gathered more than 20 …
Posted in: Astrobiology
Posted by: Dan Turello
Scientific discoveries have always had the potential to be contentious, and this has been especially true in phases of transition, when new areas of knowledge have been glimpsed but not yet fully explored, classified, or agreed upon. It is during these transitions that thick debates often ensue. Discoveries can sometimes be threatening because new evidence …
Posted in: Astrobiology
Posted by: Dan Turello
The following is a guest post by Nancy Lovas, Library Technician at The John W. Kluge Center. For the past six months, I’ve been able to tell people that I work in The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. This statement is invariably followed by two questions: “What is the Kluge Center?” …
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Posted by: Dan Turello
Last week’s astrobiology symposium, a part of our NASA/Library of Congress astrobiology program, was a feast of ideas and perspectives. I won’t attempt to summarize the entire event here. The conference proceedings will eventually be published as a volume, and the full webcast will be available on the Library of Congress and the NASA Astrobiology Institute websites …
Posted in: Astrobiology