{"id":32759,"date":"2023-09-01T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e814feaa-8459-4938-9c1a-2a8a48964d99"},"modified":"2023-09-01T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:46:13","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-why-we-should-be-doing-more-to-prepare-for-contact-with-alien-civilisations","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-why-we-should-be-doing-more-to-prepare-for-contact-with-alien-civilisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Why we should be doing more to prepare for contact with alien civilisations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have we already observed alien technology travelling through space? <\/p>

By Jason Goodyer\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 01 September 2023 at 07:26 AM<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we examine extraterritorial first contact.<\/p>

Are we alone in the Universe? It\u2019s probably one of the most hotly debated questions in science today.<\/p>

In this episode, we catch up with theoretical physicist Prof Avi Loeb<\/a>, author of the new book\u00a0Interstellar \u2013 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and our Future Beyond Earth<\/em>.<\/p>

He talks to us about the tantalising possibility that we have already observed alien technology travelling through space, why we should be doing more to look for it and what he found on his recent expedition to retrieve Interstellar material from the depths of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>

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