intelligent life
The Fermi Paradox – Where Is Everybody?
The blank silence from our stars is difficult to ignore. But our 60s sci-fi optimism in the search for intelligent life continues.
Scientists Think Intelligent Life Could Have Evolved Before Brains
Maybe our big ol’ brains aren’t so special after all.
Stephen Hawking Is Searching for Aliens with Tech Billionaire Yuri Milner
"Somewhere in the cosmos perhaps intelligent life may be watching these lights of ours, aware of what they mean."
The Search for Starivores, Intelligent Life that Could Eat the Sun
Why philosophers and scientists believe that hyper-advanced, star-eating life forms may actually exist—and that astronomers might already have the proof.
How Long Would It Take to Colonize the Universe?
How intelligent life may come to saturate, and even shape, the cosmos.
We Asked Professor Brian Cox About Life, the Universe, and Everything
"There almost certainly is no purpose" to the universe. Thanks, professor! So what do we do with our lives?
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Understanding Alien Messages May Be No Different Than Decoding the Rosetta Stone
A new NASA book suggests that the agency wants to be ready to interact with aliens.