Humans
The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival
The moving, powerful heart of science fiction thriller聽Arrival聽is linguistic relativity, the mind-bending theory that language rewires the way we think
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Space
Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals
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Life
Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens
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Life
Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank
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Life
Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling
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Space
Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door
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Environment
Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system’s seas
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Physics
How lasers found gravitational waves 鈥� and could hunt for aliens
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Earth
Hunting for Mars-like life a kilometre below Earth鈥檚 surface
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Space
China builds world鈥檚 largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens
The gigantic 500-metre disc will boost the search for extraterrestrial life, dark matter and distant pulsars
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Space
Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life
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Life
Rip up the rule book and let NASA’s Mars rover check ‘life’ zone
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Life
Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?
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Space
First mirror-image molecule found in interstellar space
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