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Estimating the frequency for communicating with an extrasolar civilization is a multi-dimensional challenge. The answer, according to two scientists at the Hungarian Astronomical Association, is less like an equation, and more like a matrix.
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Friday, September 26, 2003
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Despite technical glitches in the movie, "Red Planet", the premise of going to Mars in a manned mission has some need of further imaginative input.
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Sunday, August 17, 2003
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Hollywood has greatly influenced our views of what an advanced civilization might present to our fears and hopes. The movie, Signs, poses this classic speculative adventure into special effects, against the background of the ambiguities of crop circles and hand-to-claw combat.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2003
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Like a classified ad for real estate, one plot of jungle land houses what 100,000 tourist trek to see. On picturesque Puerto Rico, a giant telescope listens for the equivalent energy of a kiss blown in a crowded stadium.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2003
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If humans are the most important species on our planet, then that belief affects whether one thinks that life exists beyond Earth. On the other hand, believing in many other potential third rocks from the Sun is akin to seeing an unprivileged position.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2003
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The classic dramatic conflict between good and evil has been pasted onto our expectations about life elsewhere. Cooler heads however may view malevolence as a survival disadvantage, whether on stage or in the universal federation of civilizations.
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Monday, May 05, 2003
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