Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets | Lex Fridman Podcast #195

Clara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Clara's Twitter:   / drphosphine   Clara's Website: https://clarasousasilva.com PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:39 - Discovery of phosphine on Venus 14:16 - Phosphine gas 24:29 - Searching for molecular fingerprints 35:26 - What does a quantum astrochemist do? 50:31 - Spectroscopic networks 54:56 - Biosignature gases 57:49 - UFOs and aliens 1:11:06 - Alien civilizations 1:28:42 - Programming 1:35:57 - Why science is beautiful 1:39:50 - How to be productive 1:50:09 - Books 1:51:41 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridman   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Reddit:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman