Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Fluorine Lifeforms – Creatures of the Halogen Seas (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Show Notes

Could life survive in oceans that eat glass and treat water as poison? Explore fluorine-rich biology, hydrogen fluoride seas, and alien creatures whose metabolisms resemble carefully contained rocket engines.

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Chapters 0:00 Intro 5:16 Fluorine in the Toolbox 10:14 The Halogen Sea 17:35 Rocket-Engine Biology & Fluorine Dragons 23:11 Worlds, Weather, Detection, and Civilization 28:16 TierZoo 29:24 Life Under Armed Guard

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