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blogger drafts an extraterrestrial bill of rights
# astrobiology

blogger drafts an extraterrestrial bill of rights

Futurist blogger created an aspirational list of rules by which we should interact with any aliens we might encounter. Emphasis on the aspirational part...

an astronomer’s big claims about gliese 581g
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an astronomer’s big claims about gliese 581g

Astronomer Ragbir Bhathal supposedly claims he received a signal from Gliese 581g, but the story behind the claims doesn't seem to make much sense.

are we drawing in ufos with mushroom clouds?
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are we drawing in ufos with mushroom clouds?

Retired military officers claim that aliens are visiting Earth to discourage us from using nuclear weapons on each other. But how would aliens know if we have nukes?

why you’re most probably not part alien
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why you’re most probably not part alien

It's not completely impossible that you could have some alien DNA. But the odds are literally astronomical.

seti’s search for alien artificial intelligence
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seti’s search for alien artificial intelligence

SETI is thinking about how to detect and talk to alien computers instead of just alien beings. And that's a lot harder than it sounds.

when creationism comes from an unlikely source
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when creationism comes from an unlikely source

Ancient astronaut theory is basically creationism for people who don't believe in the supernatural, as Lloyd Pye demonstrates.

trodding on erich von daniken’s territory
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trodding on erich von daniken’s territory

Another entry in the quickly growing HuffPo library of woo shows that all creationism is basically the same in the end.

some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…
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some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…

Some of this blog's readers would make really scary and really good alien invaders...

the media finds life on titan. sort of…
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the media finds life on titan. sort of…

Scientists are curious about some strange atmospheric signatures on Titan that could signal exotic life. But it's not quite a slam dunk for alien hunters.

when science fiction is passed off as science
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when science fiction is passed off as science

As soothing as it may seem, it's very, very, very unlikely there's a union of various alien species that imposes an interstellar order.

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