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Dr Douglas Vakoch: Should we try to contact aliens?
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30 minutes
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Dr Douglas Vakoch, President of Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or METI.We talk about whether we should be broadcasting messages into space to signal our existence to intelligent alien species.We also discuss how we could create a message that an unknown species of alien could understand.Subscribe to the Science Focus Podcast on these services: Acast, iTunes, Stitcher, RSS, OvercastRead the full transcription [this will open in a new window]Listen to more episodes of the Science Focus Podcast:Dr Erin Macdonald: Is there science in Star Trek?Bergur Finnbogason: Project Discovery and its search for exoplanetsWhat if the Earth’s magnetic field died? – Jim Al-KhaliliBuilding a base on the Moon, and crafting believable sci-fi – Andy WeirDr Becky Smethurst: How do you actually find a black hole?Kathryn D. Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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