{"id":4276,"date":"2025-12-11T16:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2025-12-20T16:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:28:38","slug":"4276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/4276\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_19775\"  width=\"840\" height=\"472\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhZvMbNT_qc?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>What does it truly mean to be alive? Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Paul Nurse answers biology\u2019s most fundamental (and elusive) question in his full interview with Big Think. Drawing from decades of research, Nurse explores how five core ideas redefine life, from the hidden power of the cell to the bizarre machinery inside us all.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"840\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_G02qoePul5eTUv&#038;asin=0393541150&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it truly mean to be alive? Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Paul Nurse answers biology\u2019s most fundamental (and elusive) question in his full interview with Big Think. 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