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With advanced observatories like the Vera Rubin Telescope coming online, scientists are planning for the discovery of alien intelligence and how humanity should prepare for the news. Professor Dominik ...

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The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...