Molecules Made Me Do It: Life, the Mind, Sex and Future Cures

7. Neuroscience: Love at First Sight - The Molecular Magic of Vision

How does the human brain turn light into vision, attraction, and love at first sight? In this episode of Molecules Made Me Do It, we begin exploring the neuroscience and

6. Protein Folding and AI's Greatest Scientific Discovery

Protein folding, AlphaFold, AI and protein structure prediction come together in one of the great scientific puzzles of modern biology. How does a protein chain find its

5. Proteins: Elegance in Action - How Structure Drives Function

Proteins possess precise three-dimensional structures in order to function. Using lysozyme and chymotrypsin as examples, we explore protein structure, enzyme catalysis an

4. Genes: The DNA Double Helix and Life's Instructions

How was the structure of DNA discovered, and how does DNA store and copy genetic information? We explore X-ray crystallography, Rosalind Franklin’s Photo 51, Watson and C

3. Origin of Life : RNA, the First Gene, and, Hello LUCA.

How did chemistry acquire memory — and become something that could truly evolve? In this third episode on the origin of life, we explore the RNA world, the first genes, p

2. Origin of Life : Miller-Urey and the Chemistry of Life - A Spot of Dicey Weather

How did life begin from lifeless chemistry? In this second episode on the origin of life, we explore how life began on the early Earth, starting with the famous Miller-Ur

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Molecules Made Me Do It is a popular-science podcast about the awesome, ingenious and devious molecules behind life, the mind, sex, disease and the cures of the future.

1. Origin of Life : Aquasex and the Second Law

How did life begin on Earth? In this first episode of Molecules Made Me Do It, we explore the origin of life, the primordial soup and the sources of energy that may have