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Phase 2 · May 2026
Phase 2: Life
From Chemistry to Evolution
Core Question
How do dead molecules become living systems?
/// Reading List
The Vital Question (Nick Lane)
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
/// Interactive Works 10
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Interactive Experience Life Ledger
Why do you have to eat to stay alive?
Canvas 2D Entropy Visualization
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Interactive Experience Hydrothermal Cradle
How did dead stuff suddenly become alive?
Canvas 2D Vanilla TS
2-2
Interactive Experience Brownian Ratchet
How do your muscles squeeze force from thermal chaos?
Canvas 2D Langevin Dynamics
2-3
Interactive Experience ATP Spinner
You produce 40kg of energy currency every day — what does the machine look like?
Canvas 2D State Machine
2-4
Interactive Experience Mitochondria Merger
Why are there 2-billion-year-old bacteria inside you?
Canvas 2D Timeline Animation
2-5
Interactive Experience Replicator Race
How did the first self-copying molecule win?
Canvas 2D Simulation
2-6
Interactive Experience The Giraffe Riddle
Why is the giraffe's neck so long?
Canvas 2D Genetic Algorithm
2-7
Interactive Experience Hawk-Dove Game
Why don't deer stab each other to death?
Canvas 2D Agent Simulation
2-8
Interactive Experience Kin Altruism
Why do ants sacrifice for colony-mates?
Canvas 2D Hamilton's Rule
2-9
Interactive Experience Why Can Strangers Cooperate?
Why can strangers cooperate without kin ties?
Canvas 2D Game Theory