Les Johnson

Ethics question for you: if humanity was down to its last survivors, would it be right to terraform an alien planet so we could live there - even if there was already life on it?

On this episode of “A Scientist and 2 Engineers Take a Walk,” we argue it out: some of us say yes, some say absolutely not if there’s indigenous life, and a couple of us land on “it depends” and try to imagine what it would look like to share a world with another species instead of remaking it in our image.

Ethical or not—what would you choose?

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A Scientist and Two Engineers Take a Walk… and discuss why we haven't yet found alien life in the universe.

The universe is vast, ancient, and filled with billions of star systems, making the statistical likelihood of intelligent alien life incredibly high. Yet, despite these staggering numbers, we have found absolutely zero definitive evidence or signals of extraterrestrial civilizations. This mind-boggling contradiction leaves us with one haunting question: where is everybody?

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From theater to bookstore. El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires might be the most beautiful bookstore to get lost in stories. As an author and ' friendly neighborhood rocket scientist,' this is my kind of place to orbit!


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