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Extraterrestrial
Numbers | Math
What Are the Odds of Alien Contact?
Bringing the Drake Equation up to date.
Ideas | Artificial Intelligence
It May Not Feel Like Anything To Be an Alien
Humans may have one thing that advanced aliens don’t—consciousness.
Matter | Aliens
Why Discovering Martians Could Be Disappointing
There are two kinds of extraterrestrial life with very different implications.
Culture | Astronomy
Galactic Settlement and the Fermi Paradox
The results of galactic colonization models are a mixed bag for SETI optimists.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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Biology
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…
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Culture
You Can Save More Animals by Donating $100 Than Going Vegan
By now everybody’s heard about the terrible treatment that pigs and chickens get in factory farms. For many, the solution seems obvious: eat less meat. But let’s look at that solution…
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Matter
Planets Are Born from Dust Trap Rings
All we are is dust in the wind, man. The same goes for the planets and asteroids and comets. Starting from our dusty beginnings, gravity and a mess of other forces conspired to build our…
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Matter
We Discovered a Rogues’ Gallery of Monster-Sized Gas Giants
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