Caleb Scharf

An astrobiologist and a director on the joys and challenges of filming space science.

Does the data we produce serve us, or vice versa?

Being a scientist can be like willingly entering into a Roman gladiatorial contest. The hours are long, there’s a rank smell of indentured servitude, and at any minute your colleagues may attempt to eviscerate you for the pleasure of the crowds. A lot of the time we can look beyond these challenges because we have […]

Our recent article “Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence?” stirred up quite a response.

Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.