The Tartan Tardigrade - Episode 20: Frances Westall

NOV 18, 202525 MIN
The Tartan Tardigrade - Astrobiology Chats

The Tartan Tardigrade - Episode 20: Frances Westall

NOV 18, 202525 MIN

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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>This episode, University of Edinburgh PhD candidate Mia Belle Parkinson chats with Dr Frances Westall, leader of the Exobiology Group of the CNRS in Orléans (France).&nbsp;We talk about Frances's diverse and inspiring path, the dramatic and divisive period after a Martian meteorite found (ALH84001) in Antarctica in 1984, and the politic motivations behind false pretences&nbsp;of the discovery of extraterrestrial life.</div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>