Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep we could be confident that life is a truly cosmic phenomenon. If so there may well be sentient beings somewhere in the galaxy wondering as do we if they are not alone in the universe.
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The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's...
Traditionally scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply 'given '...
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in...
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The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.
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Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with...
Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
I have two ideas for novels at the moment neither of them all that...
Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people...
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have...
I can support going in after Saddam Hussein but I want to make sure I don't...
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday let alone 10 years ago.