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Humans have long dreamed of going to Mars, but the only hope for doing so in the foreseeable future is on a one-way mission. Eliminating the return journey would dramatically slash costs and halve the inevitable risks associated with space flight. Mars on a one-way ticket is not a suicide mission. Rather, the astronauts would be the first colonists of a permanent human settlement on the red planet. But who would go, and what would they do when they got there? How would a Mars colony benefit the rest of humanity left on Earth?
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La Tercera interview on The Martian destination with Paul Davies
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David Brin, an American scientist and award-winning science fiction author gives the 2013 Shoemaker lecture. Our compulsion to make "sense of it all" used to be satisfied by myths and faith. We probe for evidence that leads in surprising directions. As we learn about the intelligence of higher animals, the uniqueness of human sapience stands out. Just when we seem mentally ready to meet alien life, the cosmos suddenly looks stark and empty. New technologies may enhance... or replace...
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"Davies on a recent visit to the giant radio telescope near Arecibo, famous for tracking the binary pulsar for evidence of gravitational waves, and also for some SETI research."
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Paul Davies featured on the Huffington Post.
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Lisa Randall is one of the most exciting and best-known scientists alive today. Her widespread public following and her cutting-edge work in particle physics and cosmology earned her Time magazine's accolade of being among the world's "100 Most Influential People". In her lecture she will draw on ideas ranging from the famous Higgs boson to the enigmatic dark energy that pervades the universe to reflect on the nature of the scientific method, the relation between beauty and truth and the future of mankind.
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Ian McEwan is arguably the finest and best-known contemporary novelist of our age, whose works include Atonement, Enduring Love and the Booker Prize-winningAmsterdam. Distinctive among writers of serious fiction is McEwan’s ability to portray science and scientists in a realistic yet quirky manner. His haunting, compelling themes gently uncover the moral angst of our age, and expose the fallibility of ordinary human beings as they struggle to make sense of their world.
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In this episode, Neil pays a visit to the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. this show features an interview with Paul, and with BEYOND’s Post-Doctoral fellow Sara Imari Walker.
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Paul Davies, an ASU Regents’ Professor of Physics, shares the big questions that have always intrigued him and how he explores the possibility of “life 2.0.”
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A one-day special symposium to explore in depth the challenge of human space exploration. Guest speakers included George Whitesides of Virgin Galactic, Robert Zubrin of Mars Direct fame, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson and experienced astronaut Andrew Thomas, plus ASU faculty.
