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Episode 568: Q&A 101: How Do We Know Meteorites Came From Mars? And More... Featuring Dr. Nick Cowan from McGill
In this week's questions show, I explain how scientists know that meteorites came from Mars, is it dangerous to look for alien civilizations, what citizen science projects to get involved in, and more. Featuring Professor Nick Cowan from McGill University.00:20 How do we know a meteorite came from Mars02:27 Why look for aliens?05:20 Observational bias finding big planets?08:03 What projects can software engineers get involved in?09:50 Why bother thinking about superhabitable worlds?11:31 Shouldn't Earth be turned in the wrong direction?13:00 Can we communicate with gravity waves?14:19 Would…
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