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Drakes equation, space-bound cyanobacteria, rhesus factor

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Alex talked about the likelihood of being the living on the only inhabited planet in space,

Tim chatted about how the cyanobacterial species, Chroococcidiopsis, may help us colonise Mars,

And Cat talked about the perks of having rhesus factor positive.

#BoilingPointFM #eastsideradio #cyanobacteria

Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20608477
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-15/hardy-bacteria-could-help-humans-breathe-on-mars/9871614
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6394/1210.full