https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-9Hq8dV_4
New research paper from the Cool Worlds Lab! Today we explore the implications of a classic result in statistics but applied to alien life for the first time

https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/whats-the-best-evidence-weve-found-for-alien-life
The sobering reality is that there isn't any yet. There's no scientific evidence for aliens in the declassified UFO videos, in mutilated cows whose injuries are blamed on extraterrestrial

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66950930
Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time'. 29 September 2023. By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent. ESA. Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons is the most likely

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66950930
As powerful as Nasa's JWST is, it has its limits. Earth's size and proximity to the Sun enable it to support life. But JWST wouldn't be able to detect faraway planets as small as Earth (K2-18b is

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051407020/nasa-extraterrestrial-life-research-understanding
A scientific discovery about extraterrestrial life can provide new insight, but it can be misunderstood or exaggerated into something else when it reaches the public. NASA is hoping to change that.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-as-we-dont-know-it/
February 1, 2023. 19 min read. The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don't Know It. Scientists are abandoning conventional thinking to search for extraterrestrial creatures that bear little

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240308-how-the-hunt-for-alien-life-is-hotting-up
Alien life, if it exists, has not made itself easily known. Early attempts to search for extraterrestrial intelligence , called Seti, began in the mid-20th Century , with astronomers looking in

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3yhCprN6RZT6M3NvWpNP3Ym/10-reasons-why-aliens-probably-exist-but-won-t-be-visiting-us-anytime-soon
Most scientists agree that alien life almost certainly exists in the universe somewhere. Our galaxy contains in the region of 300 billion stars, and we're now discovering planets travelling

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/10/search-for-alien-life/675707/
Humans Are Ready to Find Alien Life. We finally have the tools we need. Now scientists just need to watch and wait. By Adam Frank. Photo-illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Source: Getty

https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/1110274938/searching-for-alien-life
This hour, we travel the cosmos with TED science curator David Biello, exploring where we are in the search for alien life. TED Radio Hour Life's biggest questions, explored.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-probability-that-alien-life-exists/
By Math Dude Jason Marshall. The Sciences. In 1967, a graduate student named Jocelyn Bell discovered something strange emanating from a region of the sky known as the Summer Triangle: pulses of

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-scientists-could-tell-the-world-if-they-find-alien-life/
In 1996 President Bill Clinton heralded the discovery of a meteorite from Mars, ALH84001, that appeared to contain signs of life. "If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/are-we-alone-in-the-universe--maybe--the-better-question-is--can
Astrobiology is the study of life in its planetary or astronomical context. People will say we have only one example of life—here on Earth. But, if you take that position, you miss three

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/why-most-people-arent-frightened-of-alien-life/
Most people aren't afraid of alien life, according to new research. Feb 23, 2018. This article is published in collaboration with Futurism. A new study suggests that, in the event of an extraterrestrial encounter, the rioting and looting would be kept to a minimum — humans would actually react pretty positively to the news.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/have-we-already-been-visited-by-aliens
By Elizabeth Kolbert. January 18, 2021. Encountering aliens would be surprising; the fact that we haven't yet heard from any is perhaps even more so. Illustration by Paul Sahre. On October 19

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03398-2
Lonely in a crowd: investigating the association between overcrowding and loneliness using smartphone technologies ... The crowded life is a slow life: Population density and life history strategy

https://www.statista.com/chart/24967/believe-in-alien-spacecraft-us/
Katharina Buchholz , May 31, 2021. Incredibly, one third of Americans do not find the existence of alien life too incredible. In a 2019 survey by Gallup, 33 percent of U.S. adults said that they

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45561334
It can be incredibly debilitating being lonely." The relationship between loneliness and spending time alone is complex - 83% of people in our study said they like being on their own. A third did

https://theconversation.com/people-feel-lonelier-in-crowded-cities-but-green-spaces-can-help-173516
All of us can probably remember a time when we felt lonely. In the UK, around 45% of people report experiencing loneliness - with 5% of people experiencing severe loneliness. With reports that

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8688521/
Studies conducted in different countries tend to report similar loneliness rates with 1 in 10 adults feeling lonely 5 ... The crowded life is a slow life: Population density and life history strategy. J. Personal. Soc. Psychol. 2017; 112:736-754. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000086. [Google Scholar] 45. De Jong Gierveld J, Van Tilburg T. The De Jong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Finn
Neil Mullane Finn OBE (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being a principal member of Split Enz, of which he shared lead duties with his brother Tim, and the lead singer, guitarist, and a founding member of Crowded House.He has also been a member of Fleetwood Mac since 2018. Ed O'Brien of Radiohead has hailed Finn as popular music's "most

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/the-science-behind-loneliness-understanding-the-paradox-of-feeling-alone-in-a-crowd
Loneliness is a subjective experience unique to each individual. It is feeling socially disconnected and isolated despite being surrounded by people or having an extensive network of acquaintances. This paradox of feeling alone in a crowd can often leave individuals confused and searching for answers. Scientists and researchers have been

https://news.gallup.com/poll/646718/people-worldwide-feel-lonely-lot.aspx
This is the second of two articles from Gallup's latest global research on how the world is feeling. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Even as the world's overall emotional health rebounded in 2023, Gallup's inaugural measure of global loneliness shows over one in five people worldwide (23%) said they felt loneliness "a lot of the day yesterday.". Fewer people experience loneliness than most of

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden/how-a-friendship-with-donald-trump-jr-helped-land-jd-vance-a-spot-on-the-republican-ticket
At 9 p.m., as the country star Lee Greenwood sang the anthem that Mr. Trump has made his own, "God Bless the U.S.A.," the former president stepped into view at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum, a

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/podcasts/the-daily/trump-jd-vance.html
Former President Donald J. Trump chose the 39-year-old Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his vice-presidential nominee.