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5 articles-
Australia’s Secret Rescue of Ancient Trees Offers an Insight Into Evolution
When I read that more than a billion animals had lost their lives to bushfires still raging in Australia, I froze, staring at the incomprehensible figure on my screen. A sort of sinking feeling came. Scientists made the estimate from the numbers of animals that have died from previous land-clearing practices. It is dismaying to […] -
It May Not Feel Like Anything To Be an Alien
Humans may have one thing that advanced aliens don’t—consciousness. -
Galactic Settlement and the Fermi Paradox
The results of galactic colonization models are a mixed bag for SETI optimists. -
What Are the Odds of Alien Contact?
Bringing the Drake Equation up to date. -
Do We Share DNA with ET?
If there’s life beyond Earth, the genetic code might be our common bond.