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A NEW GENERATION LOOKING FOR ET
December 10, 2007
Guests: Curtis Mead
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Young scientists and engineers in training are vital contributors to many research projects, including the All-Sky Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Harvard University. That's...  more »

GOING SOUTH TO LOOK FOR ET
June 25, 2007
Guests: Guillermo Lemarchand
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Southern SETI Director Guillermo Lemarchand describes from Buenos Aires why his search for extraterrestrial intelligence is uniquely exciting. Emily Lakdawalla sheds light on how spacecraft take...  more »

SPACEWARD BOUND: CHRIS MCKAY LEADS SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
April 16, 2007
Guests: Chris McKay
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Mat visits NASA's program that put middle and high school science teachers together with planetary scientists in California's desert to research how we'll detect life elsewhere in the solar system. ...  more »

LIFE ON MARS, VENUS, AND TITAN? MAYBE.
October 9, 2006
Guests: Steve Benner
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Steve Benner of the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution is figuring out how alien life could exist in places where Earth life would be seriously challenged or impossible. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

JOHN RUMMEL: PROTECTING THE PLANETS FROM EARTH INVADERS
July 10, 2006
Guests: John Rummel
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John Rummel has one of the world's most impressive job titles: Planetary Protection Officer. We talk to him at his NASA HQ office about defending Earth from extraterrestrial contamination, and more...  more »

BOB PAPPALARDO AND THE MYSTERIES OF EUROPA
June 26, 2006
Guests: Bob Pappalardo
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Newly-arrived at the Jet Propulsion Lab as a Principal Scientist, Bob Pappalardo is prepared to continue his investigations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, including the push for a dedicated mission. ...  more »

LOOKING FOR LIFE WITH CHRIS MCKAY
April 10, 2006
Guests: Chris McKay
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Planetary scientist Chris McKay talks about where and how we should look for life in the universe, including Europa and Mars.  more »

A BRIGHT NEW STAR IN THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
April 3, 2006
Guests: Paul Horowitz, Andrew Howard
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Paul Horowitz talks about his new attempt to detect pulses of laser light from distant civilizations with the Optical SETI Dedicated Observatory.  more »

A TRIBUTE TO PHILIP MORRISON
May 2, 2005
Guests: Philip Morrison
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Famed physicist and SETI pioneer Philip Morrison has passed away at 89. He is remembered fondly by Harvard physicist and SETI researcher Paul Horowitz, and former JPL Director Bruce Murray. Emily...  more »

DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON SEARCHES FOR ALIENS
January 24, 2005
Guests: James Cameron
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The maker of Titanic, the number one movie of all time, has now created Aliens of the Deep, an IMAX 3D documentary that takes us deep in the ocean to learn about possible life far from Earth. Emily...  more »