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Mario Livio

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Mario Livio is an astrophysicist who worked for 24 years with the Hubble Space Telescope. His latest book is Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life, coauthored with Jack Szostak.

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Microbiology

The Incredible Conundrum of Life’s Origin

How to solve biology’s chicken-or-egg dilemma

January 15, 2025
Sociology

Galileo the Science Publicist

Scientists putting their lives on the line can take heart from a great astronomer.

May 6, 2020
Sociology

How Science Trumps Denial

Scientists putting their career and health on the line can take heart from Galileo.

May 6, 2020
Neuroscience

Why Curiosity Can Be Both Painful and Pleasurable

The emerging neurology of one of our most human characteristics.

September 25, 2017