Is intelligent life trying to communicate with us from space? Professor Paul Davies explores the potential and limits of research into the origin and evolution of life, and the search for life beyond Earth. Has ET maybe visited our planet ages ago and left us a message? At the Australian National University, Paul Davies discussed his latest book The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe?
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Paul Davies: Are we alone in the universe?
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Finding intelligent life with telescopes and computers
Are human beings the only example of intelligent life in the universe?
Dr. Jill Tarter, director for the Center for SETI Research, says it’s scientifically valid to ask if the same processes of physics and chemistry that resulted in human life and civilization might have occurred elsewhere in the universe.
In this short podcast presentation, Dr. Tarter talks about the role that the Allen Telescope Array is playing in the effort to identify signals engineered by non-human life if it exists somewhere in the cosmos.
"Life on earth is made out of stardust. Life somewhere else is going to probably be made out of stardust too."
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/d.compsci.seti.html
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Carl Sagan’s Search for God
With Ann Druyan, Steve Soter, and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Hayden Planetarium director Tyson, Carl Sagan’s widow, and Sagan’s former colleague discuss the astrobiologist’s perspective on science, the spiritual experience, and the search for God.
http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp?PartnerCD=iTunes&TrackCD=pcast
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