STEMcast Episode 29 | The Hunt for Extraterrestrials with McGill iGEM Founder Dr. Jay Nadeau: Are They There, and How Can we Prove It?

STEMcast
18/05/2025 37 min Episodio 29
STEMcast Episode 29 | The Hunt for Extraterrestrials with McGill iGEM Founder Dr. Jay Nadeau: Are They There, and How Can we Prove It?

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This STEMcast episode, we are joined by Dr. Jay Nadeau, an astrophysicist currently part of the search for extraterrestrial life and a key founder of McGill’s first iGEM team. We hear about how Dr. Nadeau’s career led her to McGill and how her physics background complements her biological work, before discussing the thermodynamic probability of life arising on other planets/moons, and how humanity might go about finding it.

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