Fred Adams explores the intriguing concept of the multiverse and the conditions required for life-supporting regions, focusing on what it takes to have working stars.

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• "Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? Great Mysteries Episode 2 -- FQxI Podcast": Nature's physical constants seem weirdly tuned to precisely the values needed for intelligent life to evolve in the universe. Miriam Frankel investigates whether this means our cosmos is fine-tuned for life, with physicists Paul Davies and Fred Adams.