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Why We May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe with David Kipping of Cool Worlds
Are We Alone? Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? Are there alien civilizations?Prof. David Kipping of the Cool Worlds lab at Columbia …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Urban Legends From Space with Author Bob King
Is Jupiter a failed star? Does a hidden star called Nemesis cause mass extinction events?No. How do these and many other urban legends from space get…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Should We Be Scared of Artificial Intelligence? With Jonathan Gorard and Stephen Wolfram
Is AI dangerous?What is Artificial General Intelligence?Stephen Wolfram recently announced the Wolfram Physics project, a possible way to find the fu…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Do We Really Want to Solve Fermi's Paradox? with Stephen Webb
Where are all the aliens?Is there a solution to the fermi paradox?Joining John Michael Godier is Dr. Stephen Webb, astronomer and author of 'If the U…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Growing List of Solutions to the Fermi Paradox with Stephen Webb
Where is everybody?How many solutions to the Fermi Paradox are there?Joining John Michael Godier is Dr. Stephen Webb, astronomer and author of 'If th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mystery of Planet Nine with Robert Finch
Where is Planet Nine?What is Planet Nine's orbit?The ongoing search for planet nine continues to heat up as evidence accumulates that a large planet …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Searches for Superluminality, Aliens, and Impossible Knowledge with Dr. Robert Nemiroff
Can anything go faster than the speed of light?Scientific Searches for Aliens, Superluminality, and Impossible Knowledge are all subjects that John M…
3 months, 1 week ago
Searching for Alien Megastructures with Dr. Jason Wright
Is it possible to build a Dyson Sphere?How do we search for Dyson Swarms in the universe?Jason Wright is a professor of Astronomy and astrophysics at…
3 months, 1 week ago
How Many Are Out There? Estimating Intelligent Life in Our Galaxy with Dr. Chris Conselice
Could there be 36 Alien Civilizations in our Galaxy? Chris Conselice and his co-author Tom Westby present a new cosmic perspective on the search for …
3 months, 1 week ago
Have We Solved the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts? with Shriharsh Tendulkar
A discussion about Fast Radio Bursts or FRBs and the possibility that we have found one within our own galaxy with Shriharsh Tendulkar of the CHIME t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago