Something Weird Happens When You Simulate Lifeless Molecules takes you on a whirlwind tour from the humble stench of poop all the way to how life’s first molecules might’ve sprung into action. Derek Muller teams up with experts like Dr. Jack Szostak and Dr. John Sutherland to build magnetic “atoms” (Snatoms), then runs them through a virtual meat grinder of gene mutation, natural selection and inheritance—all in a bid to show how evolution really works at its simplest.
By chaptering everything from “The Beginning of Life” to “Kin Selection” and even Richard Dawkins’ Selfish Gene, the video boils down complex ideas into playful, hands-on experiments. You’ll come away with a clearer sense of how random mutations become beneficial traits, why we share genes with penguin chicks, and how a simulation can teach us the surprisingly elegant logic behind life’s messy dance.
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