#seti — Public Fediverse posts
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From AI-assisted astronomy to citizen science — and even the possibility of first contact.
SETI Institute Senior Planetary Astronomer Franck Marchis joined That Tech Pod to explore how new technologies are changing the way we study the universe.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1738696/episodes/19552970
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From AI-assisted astronomy to citizen science — and even the possibility of first contact.
SETI Institute Senior Planetary Astronomer Franck Marchis joined That Tech Pod to explore how new technologies are changing the way we study the universe.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1738696/episodes/19552970
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As Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol leads more than 120 scientists and conducts research spanning astrobiology, planetary exploration, autonomous robotics, and the search for biosignatures on other worlds.
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As Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol leads more than 120 scientists and conducts research spanning astrobiology, planetary exploration, autonomous robotics, and the search for biosignatures on other worlds.
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From ancient meteorites to Mars, AI, and the search for life beyond Earth, July was a busy month for SETI Institute science. ☄️🔴🔬
Across these stories, one theme stands out: discovery depends on curiosity, collaboration, and careful science.
Catch up on the SETI Institute’s July highlights: https://www.seti.org/news/july-roundup-2026/
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From ancient meteorites to Mars, AI, and the search for life beyond Earth, July was a busy month for SETI Institute science. ☄️🔴🔬
Across these stories, one theme stands out: discovery depends on curiosity, collaboration, and careful science.
Catch up on the SETI Institute’s July highlights: https://www.seti.org/news/july-roundup-2026/
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Big Picture Science for Aug 10, 2026: What Moves Us
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What physical activity gives you joy? Whether it’s walking, running, dancing or swimming, your body evolved to do it. We are made for movement. But there’s a cost, as anyone with a sore neck or aching back knows. From the tiny muscles in our skin, which raise the hair on our arms, to the intricate mix of bone, blood vessels, and nerves in our neck, natural selection has struck a delicate and sometimes wacky balance between utility and form. In this episode, we explore how parts of the body - our muscles, neck and feet - came to be, and what forces prompted the evolution of efficient yet imperfect bodies.
Guests:
* Kent Dunlap - Professor of biology at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and author of “The Neck: A Natural and Cultural History”
* Bonnie Tsui - Journalist and author of “On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters”
* Jeremy DeSilva - Anthropologist at Dartmouth College and author of “First Steps, How Upright Walking Made Us Human”Originally aired June 30, 2025
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/what-moves-us
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
#Human #Movement #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
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Big Picture Science for Aug 10, 2026: What Moves Us
REPEAT
What physical activity gives you joy? Whether it’s walking, running, dancing or swimming, your body evolved to do it. We are made for movement. But there’s a cost, as anyone with a sore neck or aching back knows. From the tiny muscles in our skin, which raise the hair on our arms, to the intricate mix of bone, blood vessels, and nerves in our neck, natural selection has struck a delicate and sometimes wacky balance between utility and form. In this episode, we explore how parts of the body - our muscles, neck and feet - came to be, and what forces prompted the evolution of efficient yet imperfect bodies.
Guests:
* Kent Dunlap - Professor of biology at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and author of “The Neck: A Natural and Cultural History”
* Bonnie Tsui - Journalist and author of “On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters”
* Jeremy DeSilva - Anthropologist at Dartmouth College and author of “First Steps, How Upright Walking Made Us Human”Originally aired June 30, 2025
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/what-moves-us
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
#Human #Movement #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
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One Hour of Listening: How the SKA Could Detect an Alien Civilization in Its First Hour of Operation
Follow @1ban_news for daily coverage.
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Dr. Pablo Sobron is a Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, the Founder and CEO of Impossible Sensing, and a world expert in spectroscopy. He has invented sensors to explore the solar system and the deep sea, and has commercialized spin-off solutions in the energy, agriculture, and critical minerals markets.
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Dr. Pablo Sobron is a Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, the Founder and CEO of Impossible Sensing, and a world expert in spectroscopy. He has invented sensors to explore the solar system and the deep sea, and has commercialized spin-off solutions in the energy, agriculture, and critical minerals markets.
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Addressing an international audience on the opening day of Rio Innovation Week 2026 on Tuesday, August 4, Brazilian theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser and American astronomer Jill Tarter converged at Pier Mauá to examine one of science’s most enduring questions: Are we alone in the universe?
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Addressing an international audience on the opening day of Rio Innovation Week 2026 on Tuesday, August 4, Brazilian theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser and American astronomer Jill Tarter converged at Pier Mauá to examine one of science’s most enduring questions: Are we alone in the universe?
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SETI-lautapeli pääsi pitkästä aikaa pöydälle. Pelilaatikko lupaa pelin kestoksi 40 min/pelaaja, mutta olemme vielä kaukana siitä. Nyt meni kahdelta pelaajalta 4 tuntia ja 40 minuuttia!
Pidimme välissä ruokatauon – onneksi oli toinen pöytä, jonka ääressä syödä. Tämä peli vaatii kohtalaisen kokoisen pöydän jotta se mahtuu edes esille. Mutta hienohan se on, sekä visuaalisesti että pelinä.
Vieläkään ei mennyt 100-prosenttisesti sääntöjen mukaan. Unohdimme pelin alkupuolella ottaa tuotantoon sujautettujen korttien omat tuotannot pikapalkintoina, ja yksi neutraali virstanpylväs jäi huomioimatta. Pääsimme silti molemmat noin 150 pisteeseen, eli pärjäsimme kai ihan hyvin.
Opin (taas?), että ei kannata sohia teleskoopilla joka suuntaan, vaan suunnata panokset rajatummalle alueelle. Nelinpelissä tämäkin on tietysti erilaista, ja ne tähtisektorit täyttyvät helpommin.
Noin tokavikalla vuorolla tapahtui yllättävä käänne, kun aiheutin aurinkokunnan liikahduksen ajattelematta sitä sen enempää, ja vastustajan luotain ajautui sen vuoksi pois asteroidivyöhykkeeltä, josta olisi saanut pelin päättyessä mojovat pisteet (erään kortin ansiosta).
Lopuksi vinkki mm. tamperelaisille lautapelaajille, jotka käyvät toisinaan Helsingissä: esim. juuri tätä peliä on siellä moninkertainen määrä Pirkanmaan kirjastoihin verrattuna, ja tällä hetkellä paljon lyhyemmät jonot. Siellä etelän kirjastoissa on myös useita sellaisia pelejä/lisäosia, joita ei Tampereen kirjastoista (vielä?) löydy.
Hommasin itselleni äskettäin Helmet-kirjastokortin Oodissa poiketessani, ja nyt voin hoidella varauksiani ja lainoja kaukaa Tampereeltakin.
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Big Picture Science for Aug 03, 2026: Skeptic Check: The Body Electric
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Electricity plays an important role in our everyday lives, including allowing our bodies to communicate internally. But some research claims electricity may be used to diagnose and treat disease? Could electric pulses one day replace medications?We speak with experts about the growing field of bioelectric medicine and the evidence for electricity’s healing abilities. Their comments may shock you.
Guests:
* Sally Adee – Science journalist, author of “We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds"
* Samantha Payne – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at University of Guelph
* Kevin Tracey – Neurosurgeon and President of the Feinstein Institute at Northwell HealthOriginally aired June 5, 2023
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-the-body-electric
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
#Electricity #BioelectricMedicine #Medicine #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
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Big Picture Science for Aug 03, 2026: Skeptic Check: The Body Electric
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Electricity plays an important role in our everyday lives, including allowing our bodies to communicate internally. But some research claims electricity may be used to diagnose and treat disease? Could electric pulses one day replace medications?We speak with experts about the growing field of bioelectric medicine and the evidence for electricity’s healing abilities. Their comments may shock you.
Guests:
* Sally Adee – Science journalist, author of “We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds"
* Samantha Payne – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at University of Guelph
* Kevin Tracey – Neurosurgeon and President of the Feinstein Institute at Northwell HealthOriginally aired June 5, 2023
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-the-body-electric
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
#Electricity #BioelectricMedicine #Medicine #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
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stiripesurse.ro spoke with Dr. Vishal Gajjar, Associate Director of International SETI Programs at the SETI Institute in California, one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to the search for intelligence beyond Earth. The conversation explored what scientists are actually looking for, whether humanity should actively transmit messages into space, and how we might respond if a signal were ever received.
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stiripesurse.ro spoke with Dr. Vishal Gajjar, Associate Director of International SETI Programs at the SETI Institute in California, one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to the search for intelligence beyond Earth. The conversation explored what scientists are actually looking for, whether humanity should actively transmit messages into space, and how we might respond if a signal were ever received.
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In this episode of The Star River Podcast, host Eric Loyd sits down with Dr. Tremblay to explore the cutting edge of astrochemistry and the modern search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). From her unconventional journey starting out in laboratory chemistry testing dirt samples to hunting for complex molecules and technosignatures with world-class radio telescopes, Chenoa shares a mind-bending look at how we listen to the universe.
Listen here: https://www.astropotamus.com/star-river/episodes/chenoa-tremblay
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In this episode of The Star River Podcast, host Eric Loyd sits down with Dr. Tremblay to explore the cutting edge of astrochemistry and the modern search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). From her unconventional journey starting out in laboratory chemistry testing dirt samples to hunting for complex molecules and technosignatures with world-class radio telescopes, Chenoa shares a mind-bending look at how we listen to the universe.
Listen here: https://www.astropotamus.com/star-river/episodes/chenoa-tremblay
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The SETI Institute's Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area, exploring the questions:
What may interspecies communication entail?
What is the nature of consciousness?
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The SETI Institute's Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area, exploring the questions:
What may interspecies communication entail?
What is the nature of consciousness?
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Dr. Tom Esposito focuses on the architecture and evolution of exoplanetary systems and studies the structures of young solar systems through direct imaging of their circumstellar debris disks – rings of dust and ice that trace collisions among orbiting pebbles, boulders, and planetesimals.
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Dr. Tom Esposito focuses on the architecture and evolution of exoplanetary systems and studies the structures of young solar systems through direct imaging of their circumstellar debris disks – rings of dust and ice that trace collisions among orbiting pebbles, boulders, and planetesimals.
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In a recent SETI Live conversation, host Dr. Lauren Sgro spoke with UCLA astronomer emeritus Dr. Ben Zuckerman about his paper, Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Alien Civilizations. Their discussion explored a different way of thinking about SETI searches, and challenged one of the assumptions that has shaped many traditional strategies.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/a-new-way-to-search-for-alien-civilizations/
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In a recent SETI Live conversation, host Dr. Lauren Sgro spoke with UCLA astronomer emeritus Dr. Ben Zuckerman about his paper, Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Alien Civilizations. Their discussion explored a different way of thinking about SETI searches, and challenged one of the assumptions that has shaped many traditional strategies.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/a-new-way-to-search-for-alien-civilizations/
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Межзвездные лазерные маяки внеземных цивилизаций можно найти обычными телескопами
Межзвездные лазерные маяки развитых цивилизаций могут полностью изменить фундаментальную стратегию поиска внеземного разума (SETI), благодаря новой инициативе астрономов из Аризонского университета и MIT. Ученые предположили, что человечество долгое время искало сигналы не в том диапазоне. По их мнению, вместо сверхсложных наносекундных вспышек, под которые сейчас подстроена наша аппаратура, инопланетные передатчики излучают гораздо более простые микросекундные импульсы. Из-за этого технологического зазора потенциальные послания до сих пор оставались для земных телескопов невидимым шумом.
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Confirming the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence via radio signals, also called technosignatures, is the cornerstone of radio astronomy. While humanity has been asking since time immemorial… #science #seti #radioastronomy
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They did not find conclusive proof, but the real Science was the things they discovered along the way, the False Positives were interesting freaks in their own right.
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They did not find conclusive proof, but the real Science was the things they discovered along the way, the False Positives were interesting freaks in their own right.
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Gizmodo: SETI Scientists Think Alien Signals Could Be Hiding in Old Telescope Data. “The beauty of Mason and her colleagues’ approach is that it offers a new way to reexamine reams of old data that might already have messages from an alien civilization just waiting for us to hear. From ALMA’s archival data, the team surveyed so-called Band 3 information, with a focus on two high-frequency, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/29/gizmodo-seti-scientists-think-alien-signals-could-be-hiding-in-old-telescope-data/ -
Gizmodo: SETI Scientists Think Alien Signals Could Be Hiding in Old Telescope Data. “The beauty of Mason and her colleagues’ approach is that it offers a new way to reexamine reams of old data that might already have messages from an alien civilization just waiting for us to hear. From ALMA’s archival data, the team surveyed so-called Band 3 information, with a focus on two high-frequency, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/29/gizmodo-seti-scientists-think-alien-signals-could-be-hiding-in-old-telescope-data/ -
📡 #SETI accounts to follow:
@setiinstitute - Non-profit research org founded in 1984, looking for life elsewhere in the universe
@setihub - Interdisciplinary SETI research network at Univ of St Andrews, Scotland. Interested in how humans can prepare for discovery of extraterrestrial life
@stephenxwebb - Physicist & writer, author of "Where is everybody?", member of UK SETI research network
@planetarypan - Planetary scientist, science communicator, comms specialist for SETI institute
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📡 #SETI accounts to follow:
@setiinstitute - Non-profit research org founded in 1984, looking for life elsewhere in the universe
@setihub - Interdisciplinary SETI research network at Univ of St Andrews, Scotland. Interested in how humans can prepare for discovery of extraterrestrial life
@stephenxwebb - Physicist & writer, author of "Where is everybody?", member of UK SETI research network
@planetarypan - Planetary scientist, science communicator, comms specialist for SETI institute
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Now I'm thinking about firing micro black holes into white dwarfs for some "Dark Forest" shenanigans...
https://scitechdaily.com/invisible-black-holes-could-be-triggering-supernovae/
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Now I'm thinking about firing micro black holes into white dwarfs for some "Dark Forest" shenanigans...
https://scitechdaily.com/invisible-black-holes-could-be-triggering-supernovae/
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Big Picture Science for July 27, 2026: Worms of Endearment
Earthworms may be small, limbless, and blind but, as Darwin observed nearly 150 years ago, they play a critical role in soil ecology. Darwin’s 19th century insights about the slimy invertebrates are far-reaching, serving as the backbone of modern ecology as a whole. In recent years, scientists are putting their ears to the ground, listening to worms to monitor soil health.
Meanwhile, laboratory studies on another kind of worms—flatworms—are providing insights about how memories are stored, and how stem cells self-renew. We get our hands dirty for this episode about the biology and ecology of worms.
Guests:
* Philip Ball – science reporter, author of “Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science”
* Jacqueline Stroud – soil scientist, University of Warwick, U.K.
* Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado – molecular biologist at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, whose focus is on stem cells and regenerationDownload podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/worms-of-endearment
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
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Big Picture Science for July 27, 2026: Worms of Endearment
Earthworms may be small, limbless, and blind but, as Darwin observed nearly 150 years ago, they play a critical role in soil ecology. Darwin’s 19th century insights about the slimy invertebrates are far-reaching, serving as the backbone of modern ecology as a whole. In recent years, scientists are putting their ears to the ground, listening to worms to monitor soil health.
Meanwhile, laboratory studies on another kind of worms—flatworms—are providing insights about how memories are stored, and how stem cells self-renew. We get our hands dirty for this episode about the biology and ecology of worms.
Guests:
* Philip Ball – science reporter, author of “Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science”
* Jacqueline Stroud – soil scientist, University of Warwick, U.K.
* Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado – molecular biologist at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, whose focus is on stem cells and regenerationDownload podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/worms-of-endearment
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
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One of the challenges of searching for technosignatures (i.e., signs that intelligent life somewhere in the universe has created technology) is understanding what to look for. Technology is a very… #science #seti #technosignature
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The #SKA will represent a huge leap forward for our capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIC4w5Dk2ZM
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The #SKA will represent a huge leap forward for our capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIC4w5Dk2ZM
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Dr. Simon George is a bioinorganic chemist who studies how living organisms use metals such as iron, nickel, copper, and molybdenum to power essential biological processes. His research explores how metal-containing proteins and enzymes work, how they evolved, and what they can reveal about the origins of life on Earth.
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Dr. Simon George is a bioinorganic chemist who studies how living organisms use metals such as iron, nickel, copper, and molybdenum to power essential biological processes. His research explores how metal-containing proteins and enzymes work, how they evolved, and what they can reveal about the origins of life on Earth.
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🔭 Could we detect technology on a distant exoplanet?
SETI Institute scientist Dr. Chenoa Tremblay led one of the most sensitive radio searches yet for technosignatures from K2-18b. While no artificial signals were found, the team's new techniques will help make future SETI searches even more powerful.
Learn more: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-just-scanned-one-planet-for-alien-signals-12206326
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🔭 Could we detect technology on a distant exoplanet?
SETI Institute scientist Dr. Chenoa Tremblay led one of the most sensitive radio searches yet for technosignatures from K2-18b. While no artificial signals were found, the team's new techniques will help make future SETI searches even more powerful.
Learn more: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-just-scanned-one-planet-for-alien-signals-12206326
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Man who thought a chatbot was alive long after everyone else had moved on from that now thinks we're alone in the universe.
His AI girlfriend break his heart?
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Man who thought a chatbot was alive long after everyone else had moved on from that now thinks we're alone in the universe.
His AI girlfriend break his heart?
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Big Picture Science for July 20, 2026: Arctic Dispatch
The Arctic serves as the world’s refrigerator, keeping the planet cool. But temperatures in the Arctic are rising nearly four times faster than the rest of the world and its sea ice is near a historic low. We put out a call to scientists aboard research vessels currently sailing in the Arctic Ocean, and two answered “aye.” Hear our ship-to-shore conversations with them about how warmer temperatures affect life on land and sea. Plus, a biologist who recently returned from the field describes how he inadvertently stumbled upon surprising data during his decades-long study of polar bears.
Guests:
* Autun Purser – Marine biologist at the Alfred- Wegener Institute and the current Chief Scientist on the Arctic research vessel, the Polarstern
* Andrew Derocher – Zoologist at the University of Alberta in Canada who is leading a decades-long study on polar bears of the West Hudson Bay region, in the high Canadian North
* Jonathan Nash – Oceanographer, Oregon State University, and member of the GIANT team sailing near Greenland aboard the RRS Sir David AttenboroughDownload podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/arctic-dispatch
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
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Big Picture Science for July 20, 2026: Arctic Dispatch
The Arctic serves as the world’s refrigerator, keeping the planet cool. But temperatures in the Arctic are rising nearly four times faster than the rest of the world and its sea ice is near a historic low. We put out a call to scientists aboard research vessels currently sailing in the Arctic Ocean, and two answered “aye.” Hear our ship-to-shore conversations with them about how warmer temperatures affect life on land and sea. Plus, a biologist who recently returned from the field describes how he inadvertently stumbled upon surprising data during his decades-long study of polar bears.
Guests:
* Autun Purser – Marine biologist at the Alfred- Wegener Institute and the current Chief Scientist on the Arctic research vessel, the Polarstern
* Andrew Derocher – Zoologist at the University of Alberta in Canada who is leading a decades-long study on polar bears of the West Hudson Bay region, in the high Canadian North
* Jonathan Nash – Oceanographer, Oregon State University, and member of the GIANT team sailing near Greenland aboard the RRS Sir David AttenboroughDownload podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/arctic-dispatch
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
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Coral Clark has over 30 years of experience in education, including 10 years of classroom science instruction and 25 years in teacher professional development. She has contributed to science curricula at the SETI Institute, including the integrated science curriculum, Voyages Through Time.
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Coral Clark has over 30 years of experience in education, including 10 years of classroom science instruction and 25 years in teacher professional development. She has contributed to science curricula at the SETI Institute, including the integrated science curriculum, Voyages Through Time.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.
Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.
👉 https://www.seti.org/news/alien-world-chemistry-found-inside-meteorite/
#space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.
Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.
👉 https://www.seti.org/news/alien-world-chemistry-found-inside-meteorite/
#space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor
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What if we've been looking for aliens the wrong way?
Join us LIVE at 2:30 PM PDT as Dr. Lauren Sgro talks with UCLA astronomer Dr. Ben Zuckerman about a new strategy for finding nearby technological civilizations.
👽 Bring your questions: https://youtube.com/live/B375iCf7F3A
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What if we've been looking for aliens the wrong way?
Join us LIVE at 2:30 PM PDT as Dr. Lauren Sgro talks with UCLA astronomer Dr. Ben Zuckerman about a new strategy for finding nearby technological civilizations.
👽 Bring your questions: https://youtube.com/live/B375iCf7F3A
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Big Picture Science for July 13, 2026: Cold Comfort
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Another scorching summer has us blasting the AC and grabbing a chilled drink. Air conditioning and refrigeration may beat the heat, but they also present a dilemma. The more we use them, the more greenhouse gases we emit, the hotter the planet becomes, and the more we require artificial cooling. Can we escape this feedback loop? We look at the origins of these chilling technologies, tour the extensive chain of cold that keeps food from perishing, and consider how a desert city like Phoenix could not exist without AC.
Guests:
* Nicola Twilley – co-host of the Gastropod podcast, a contributing writer at The New Yorker, and the author of “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves”
* Erik Morrison – Chief cooling engineer at Transaera, Somerville, Massachusetts
* Stan Cox – Lead scientist at the Land Institute, author of “Losing Our Cool: The Uncomfortable Truths about our Air-Conditioned World”Originally aired September 16, 2024
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/cold-comfort
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
#AirConditioning #Refrigeration #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science
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Big Picture Science for July 13, 2026: Cold Comfort
REPEAT
Another scorching summer has us blasting the AC and grabbing a chilled drink. Air conditioning and refrigeration may beat the heat, but they also present a dilemma. The more we use them, the more greenhouse gases we emit, the hotter the planet becomes, and the more we require artificial cooling. Can we escape this feedback loop? We look at the origins of these chilling technologies, tour the extensive chain of cold that keeps food from perishing, and consider how a desert city like Phoenix could not exist without AC.
Guests:
* Nicola Twilley – co-host of the Gastropod podcast, a contributing writer at The New Yorker, and the author of “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves”
* Erik Morrison – Chief cooling engineer at Transaera, Somerville, Massachusetts
* Stan Cox – Lead scientist at the Land Institute, author of “Losing Our Cool: The Uncomfortable Truths about our Air-Conditioned World”Originally aired September 16, 2024
Download podcast at - https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/cold-comfort
You can listen to this and other episodes at http://bigpicturescience.org/
Get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!
#AirConditioning #Refrigeration #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science