During the past two decades, astronomers have found more than 240 planets, none likely to support Earth-like life.
In a follow up to our recent post “MIT Asks: Could Extraterrestrial Astronomers Detect Life on Earth,” Eric Ford, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Florida asks: what if aliens were hunting life outside their […]
Identifying Habitable Planets by Studying Earth’s Weather
Published in July 17th, 2008
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Craig Venter and Jeff Han demonstrate revolutionary touch screen
Published in July 17th, 2008
Updates from TED speakers:
After a whirlwind of media speculation over the weekend following a story by The Guardian, biologist Craig Venter (watch his TED2005 speech) will announce today at the annual meeting of his institute in San Diego that his team has built a synthetic chromosome, using lab chemicals. “A giant leap forward in the […]