Employing science's methodology is key — as it's the best antidote we have to the very human propensity to turn something we want to believe into a reality.
January 9, 2018
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The great physicist Enrico Fermi asked this question in the 1950s. There are more than 50 possible "solutions" to Fermi's Paradox: Here, Marcelo explores a few.
November 22, 2017
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Once we mix in real science with the possibility of extraterrestrial life, we can learn much about our current dilemmas and, hopefully, about our survival as a species.
December 20, 2016
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Arrival speaks to all of us, making us think about where we are in life and what we've been doing with the time we have — confronting us at the individual and collective level.
December 6, 2016
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There are lessons to be learned in the false detection of alien signals: Sure, we should keep on listening, but we also should understand our role as guardians of Earth.
September 14, 2016
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Given that there are trillions of worlds in our galaxy alone, circling hundreds of billions of stars, it would be a true statistical fluke if Earth were the only harbor for life.
February 9, 2016
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The notion that other intelligences exist in the universe is pervasive in popular culture: Aliens are often portrayed as evil invaders. Marcelo ponders whether we should worry.
February 25, 2015
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