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Billions of years ago, globs of molecules sat lifeless on an inhospitable version of our future home. How did such molecules come to life? As part of the Crossroads conference last weekend, physicist and futurist Freeman Dyson shared his thoughts on the origin of life on Earth, and the forms it may take elsewhere in the universe.

        

Saturday afternoon, we checked out the North Cambridge Family Opera production of "Naturally Selected: A Darwin Bicentennial Revue." The children in the chorus looked excited about showing off their vocal abilities, and the songs (which seemed oddly reminiscent of the Pocahontas soundtrack) were incredibly catchy and fun.

                 

Saturday, Bostonist checked out the Science Carnival at MIT, the kickoff event to the nine-day Cambridge Science Festival, and decided to take some pictures of the action. There were plenty of opportunities for kids to get involved with science, and if the reaction of one girl during the Cool Science Live demonstration ("I LOVE science!") was any indication, it sounds like we have a few budding scientists—and science writers—on our hands. We'll be attending several other Cambridge Science Festival events all week, so stay tuned!

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