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What are scientists looking for when searching for alien life? A lot, it turns out: the search for extraterrestrials requires the help from astronomers, planetary scientists, chemists, computer scientists, and geneticists, just to name a few. But are we barking up the wrong carbon-based tree? Could alien life develop in ways we haven't dreamed of here on Earth? Hear Paul Davies, Sara Seager, Jack Szostak, and other experts give updates on the search for life outside our planet in "Alien Life: Will We Know It When We See It?" part of the Big Ideas series at the 2014 World Science Festival. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Biology & Origins of Life, Space & The Cosmos
TAGS: 2016, alien, alien life, aliens, astronomy, Dimitar Sasselov, do aliens exist, Extraterrestrial Life (Film Genre), extraterrestrials, Galaxy, genetics, intelligent life, Jack W. Szostak, John Hockenberry, Kepler, Life on Mars, life outside our planet life on other planets, Milky Way (Galaxy), New York City, NYC, paul davies, physics, planetary science, planets, proof, Sara Seager, space, Ufo
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas
Video Duration: 01:33:30
Original Program Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014
What are scientists looking for when searching for alien life? A lot, it turns out: the search for extraterrestrials requires the help from astronomers, planetary scientists, chemists, computer scientists, and geneticists, just to name a few. But are we barking up the wrong carbon-based tree? Could alien life develop in ways we haven't dreamed of here on Earth? Hear Paul Davies, Sara Seager, Jack Szostak, and other experts give updates on the search for life outside our planet in "Alien Life: Will We Know It When We See It?" part of the Big Ideas series at the 2014 World Science Festival. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2016, alien, alien life, aliens, astronomy, Dimitar Sasselov, do aliens exist, Extraterrestrial Life (Film Genre), extraterrestrials, Galaxy, genetics, intelligent life, Jack W. Szostak, John Hockenberry, Kepler, Life on Mars, life outside our planet life on other planets, Milky Way (Galaxy), New York City, NYC, paul davies, physics, planetary science, planets, proof, Sara Seager, space, Ufo, 2016, alien, alien life, aliens, astronomy, Dimitar Sasselov, do aliens exist, Extraterrestrial Life (Film Genre), extraterrestrials, Galaxy, genetics, intelligent life, Jack W. Szostak, John Hockenberry, Kepler, Life on Mars, life outside our planet life on other planets, Milky Way (Galaxy), New York City, NYC, paul davies, physics, planetary science, planets, proof, Sara Seager, space, Ufo
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas
Video Duration: 01:33:30
Original Program Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014
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