Lord Martin Rees, former president of the Royal Society and the personal astronomer to Queen Elizabeth II since 1995, recently announced that he believes we’ll discover alien life within the next 40 years. Rees was speaking at a debate held in honor of Stephen Hawking’s new program, Grand Design. Rees said [...]

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The Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) is an annual conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where international business and political leaders meet to discuss the global economy and other financial topics.

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As I wrote last Thursday, the Royal Society has today published their report on extraterrestrial life and the implications of finding it. You can read the full report here and download the PDF here. I have quickly skimmed through it, and it’s quite interesting. I find the parts about the societal relevance [...]

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