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Daily Archives: October 20, 2011
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While Julia, Ariel and Dimitra highlighted very well why studying astrobiology is awesome, an astrobiology lecture series aptly named “Origins” has been initiated by Yale University. I highly recommend attending these lectures if you are interested in learning more on astrobiology. I especially liked how the lectures are announced: [Astrobiology] is a science that has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists… However… and hell, is that a big ‘however’! Without further due, here are the list of speakers:.... |
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We’ve seen two posts addressing the question “why study astrobiology?”, here and here. My take is very simple. There are three basic questions that any community of self-aware beings will eventually ask themselves, for reasons both practical and profound: How did we get here? Where are we headed? Are we alone? The most direct way to answer these questions is exploration. To our ancestors, this meant exploring the next valley or the lands across the seas. To us, it means.... |
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Shawn here: the following is a comment made by Julia DeMarines on Dimitra’s post on “Why Astrobiology.” Betül asked Julia to re-post is as a “PaleBlue.you” entry… beating me to the punch, as I was going to ask her to do the same thing. Anyways, here’s one good, enthusiastic take on “why astrobiology.” ————————— Betül Arslan (a friend, colleague and Pale Blue Blogger) has requested that I re-post my response to Dimitra Atri’s post earlier this week. Because I think she is.... |
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Astrobiology Magazine Top Story |
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