The question of whether we're alone in the universe has haunted humankind for thousands of years, and it's one astronomer Jill Tarter has tried to answer for much of her life. Tarter, chair emeritus of the Center for SETI ...
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2018
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Artificial intelligence research has a lot to learn from nature. My work links biology with computation every day, but recently the rest of the world was reminded of the connection: The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 16, 2018
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Thousands of planets have been discovered in the last few decades, although astronomers tell us there are probably billions. In such a large and diverse set of solar systems, it seems impossible that humans could be the only ...
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2018
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The Fermi Paradox remains a stumbling block when it comes to the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI). Named in honor of the famed physicist Enrico Fermi who first proposed it, this paradox addresses the apparent ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2018
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The world-famous British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who died on Wednesday at the age of 76, was known as much for his profound and witty comments as his scientific discoveries.
General Physics
Mar 14, 2018
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No, I'm not talking about Americans. I'm talking about intelligent life out in the cosmos.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2018
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Intelligent life is more likely than black holes are to be an adaptation designed by cosmological natural selection, an evolutionist from Brunel University London speculates.
Astronomy
Jun 15, 2017
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It is no easy thing to search for signs of intelligent life beyond our solar system. In addition to the incredible distances involved and the fact that we really only have indirect methods at our disposal, there is also the ...
Astronomy
Jun 2, 2017
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During the 1960s, Freeman Dyson and Nikolai Kardashev captured the imaginations of people everywhere by making some radical proposals. Whereas Dyson proposed that intelligent species could eventually create megastructures ...
Astronomy
May 16, 2017
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If you think operating a robot in space is hard, try doing it in the ocean.
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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