If this is the only planet on which not only life, but intelligent life, has arisen, that would be very unusual.
If you took all the sand from all the beaches, all the desserts, and all the oceans and called that the Universe, our whole solar system would be les… - Seth Shostak
If you took all the sand from all the beaches, all the desserts, and all the oceans and called that the Universe, our whole solar system would be les…
- Seth Shostak
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the planets and even the … - Seth Shostak
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the planets and even the …
The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success. - Seth Shostak
The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. Theyre about telling stories. - Seth Shostak
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. Theyre about telling stories.
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is d… - Seth Shostak
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is d…
We're hard-wired by 200,000 years of evolution to be sensitive to the idea that someone might be watching us. They might be predators, after all. An … - Seth Shostak
We're hard-wired by 200,000 years of evolution to be sensitive to the idea that someone might be watching us. They might be predators, after all. An …
The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about the moons. And the numbe… - Seth Shostak
The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about the moons. And the numbe…
While about one-third of Americans believe in ghosts, you won't find many exhibits on these spooky beings down at the local science museum. Why? Well… - Seth Shostak
While about one-third of Americans believe in ghosts, you won't find many exhibits on these spooky beings down at the local science museum. Why? Well…
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the moon -… - Seth Shostak
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the moon -…
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