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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
The Overview Effect: Why We Should Speed Up Space Exploration
Posted on Big Think.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
Can Humanity Handle Alien Contact and its Consequences?
Posted on Big Think
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jul 2, 2022
- 1 min
On The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life
Posted on Big Think.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing for the Discovery of Alien Life
Exploring Otherness on Earth and Beyond
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
Follow the Salt if You Want to Find Life on Mars
Posted on Big Think
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Could We All Be Martians?
Revisiting Panspermia: did life come from outside of Earth?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- May 31, 2022
- 1 min
How Common is Life in the Universe?
Posted on Big Think
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
Were Humans the First and Only Intelligent Species on Earth?
Posted on Big Think
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Recent Discovery Could Unravel the Mystery of Martian Methane
A Window to Life in the Deep Subsurface
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Apr 29, 2022
- 1 min
Alien Message to be Sent into Space
This blog was posted on Big Think.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Apr 28, 2022
- 3 min
Three Myths of Planetary Protection
What’s First? A Life-Detection or a Human Mission to Mars?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Apr 13, 2022
- 1 min
What Do Aliens Look Like?
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us.
Posted on Big Think.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Apr 8, 2022
- 3 min
A Promising Method for Life-Detection
Microbial Motility
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
Alien Life: What Would Constitute “Smoking Gun” Evidence?
Multiple lines of evidence must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
Posted on Big Think.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
News from The German SETI Workshop
Be Prepared for Alien Contact
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Science of Aliens, Part 11:
Could Aliens Get Cancer?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
After a Nuclear War:
Meet the Species That May Come After Humans
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Life on the Early Moon?
An Outrageous Hypothesis Re-Evaluated
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Habitable Conditions in the Martian Subsurface
But Let's Not Forget Habitable Niches in Salts, Ices, and Caves!
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Science of Aliens, Part 10: Will an Alien Biosphere be Toxic?
Probably - That's Why Planetary Protection Guidelines Need to Be Enforced
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min
The Mass Extinction Event that Led to the Reign of The Dinosaurs
The “Kill Mechanism” Similar to Global Warming Today.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Evidence for Life on Mars Is Getting Stronger and Stronger
Light Carbon, Organic Molecules, and Habitats with Liquid Water.
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