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Language in the Cosmos II: Hello There GJ273b

June 05, 2018
Language in the Cosmos I: Is Universal Grammar Really Universal?

June 04, 2018

Is there any way we can hope to communicate with aliens? Will they have a concept of language as we understand it, or something even more alien?
Alien Minds Part III: The Octopus's Garden and the Country of the Blind

June 02, 2016

If we do discover that there are aliens orbiting other planets, will we know how to communicate with them? What messages can we send that they'll understand?
Alien Minds Part II: Do Aliens Think Big Brains are Sexy Too?

May 31, 2016

Can we assume that aliens will evolve intelligence over the eons, and will this lead to other technological civilizations? Will aliens find big brains sexy?
Alien Minds I: Are Extraterrestrial Civilizations Likely to Evolve?

May 24, 2016

Paul Patton begins a three-part series on the evolutionary biology of aliens. Will they follow the same direction as life on Earth?
Is There a Kraken in Kraken Mare? What Kind of Life Would We Find on Titan?

October 02, 2015
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture

April 08, 2015
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" I: A Lunchtime Conversation- Enrico Fermi and Extraterrestrial Intelligence

April 07, 2015
Helicopter Drones on Mars

March 17, 2015
Who Speaks for Earth? The Controversy over Interstellar Messaging

February 19, 2015
Defining Life II: Metabolism and Evolution as clues to Extraterrestrial Life

January 06, 2015
Defining Life I: What are Astrobiologists Looking For?

January 05, 2015
Communicating Across the Cosmos 4: The Quest for a Rosetta Stone

December 01, 2014
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 3: Bridging the Vast Gulf

November 25, 2014
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 2: Petabytes from the Stars?

November 21, 2014
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 1: Shouting into the Darkness

November 20, 2014
Questioning the Impact Theory: What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

October 23, 2014
Moons of Confusion: Why Finding Extraterrestrial Life may be Harder than we Thought

October 16, 2014