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Could First Contact with Aliens Be Unsettling? with Author Trevor Williams
A discussion between John Michael Godier and sci-fi author Trevor Williams about the many possible reactions and scenarios of first contact with an A…
2 months ago
Can We Cloak Earth? Featuring Cool World’s Prof. David Kipping
Can We Cloak Earth From Alien Civilizations?Are Alien Civilizations hiding?John Michael Godlier is joined by Prof. David Kipping of the Cool Worlds l…
2 months ago
Are Stars Disappearing? With Dr. Beatriz Villarroel
Why are stars vanishing? Dr. Beatriz Villarroel and her team used existing survey data to find examples of exceptional astrophysical transients. As w…
2 months ago
Antarctica and Neutrinos with Dr. Peter Gorham
What are neutrinos? How are neutrinos detected?Dr. Peter Gorham is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he works with AN…
2 months, 1 week ago
Apollo: Untold Stories of the Voyage to the Moon with Nancy Atkinson
This week is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13.Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions by Nancy Atkinson https://amzn.to/2RHbvhmJ…
2 months, 1 week ago
How The Viking Lander Tested for Life on Mars with Dr. Patricia Ann Straat
In 1976, NASA sent Viking 1 and Viking 2 with four types of biological experiments. Of these experiments, the Labeled Release Experiment returned pos…
2 months, 1 week ago
Is Intelligent Life the Universe’s Rarest Phenomenon? With Dr. Graham Lau
Astrobiologist Dr. Graham Lau joins John Michael Godier to explore the biggest questions in science: how life begins, why intelligence might be rare,…
2 months, 1 week ago
Is Earth The Best Type of Planet For Life? With Fraser Cain
What type of planet is the best for life in the universe?Are other exoplanets better for life than earth? What about ocean worlds? Also, what is the …
2 months, 1 week ago
Are There Alien Artifacts in Our Solar System? with Dr. James Benford
Von Neumann probes, self-replicating spacecraft, or Alien lurkers and alien artifacts all represent the idea that somewhere in our solar system there…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Humans Will Never Colonize Mars with Gizmodo’s George Dvorsky
George Dvorsky says in his article 'Humans Will Never Colonize Mars' on Gizmodo that,“The suggestion that humans will soon set up bustling, long-last…
2 months, 2 weeks ago