A science-first examination of stellar lifetimes, directed panspermia, genetic intervention claims, and the evolutionary time-window hypothesis THE CENTRAL QUESTION If technological civilizations exist and value the continuation of life, might they ever accelerate evolution on a world whose habitable era could close before intelligence emerges? This page examines that possibility without treating it as established […]
NASA sought advice from priests on impact of alien contact
We have been preparing for the even that some sort of alien will visit us. There are many things to think about here and NASA was asking religious leaders for their input. One of the questions is how the leaders will lead their followers of the religion. There are many people believe that God created […]
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a new home at Oxford
The University of Oxford has been selected as the new international headquarters for the Breakthrough Listen initiative, the world’s largest Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. SETI received a significant boost in 2015 with the launch of Breakthrough Listen, a $100-million-dollar private venture focusing on searching for technosignatures, signals from technologically advanced extraterrestrial species. The […]
