Dr. Lori Fenton’s primary research interests include aeolian geomorphology, recent and ongoing climate changes, and the mobility of wind-blown sand and dust.
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Data scientist Dr. Joe Twicken’s background is in signal processing. During his career, Dr. Twicken developed and operated science processing pipelines supporting several planetary missions: Magellan, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, and Mars Express.
Experts believe it’s only a matter of time until we find intelligent extraterrestrial life. With new tools and technologies, we search more of the cosmos every day. But what happens when we detect ET? How will we interact? What will we say? A scientist, a poet, and a science communicator explore these questions, grounding their perspectives in science.
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In this in-depth interview, Camille Bergin dives into humanity’s quest to discover intelligent life beyond Earth with SETI Institute CEO Bill Diamond. From scanning the skies for distant radio signals to unpacking the origins of life, this conversation covers the science, the tech, and the human urge to figure out if we’re alone in the universe.
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Join senior planetary astronomer Dr. Franck Marchis for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra, astrobiologist and lead author of a groundbreaking study exploring 10 possible futures for Earth’s technosphere—the global network of our technologies—and what these futures mean for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
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