Something Weird Happens When You Simulate Lifeless Molecules takes you on a wild ride from the chemistry behind that awful poop smell to the dawn of life, showing how simple molecules can ‘mutate,’ compete and reproduce in silico. You’ll get a crash course on gene mutations, natural selection, inheritance, kin selection and Richard Dawkins’ Selfish Gene—all with insights from top researchers like Jack Szostak and John Sutherland.
But the fun doesn’t stop there: the video actually builds a molecular simulation that not only evolves over time, it eventually evolves the simulation itself. It’s a mind-bending look at how life’s fundamental rules can spring from pure physics and math—and yes, it all started with some stinky molecules.
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