February 20, 2024, 3 – 4:30 pm Eastern Time
Societal Issues
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Microbiology & Virology, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Societal Issues, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Exploring The Undiscovered Potential Of Deep Sea Microbial Ecosystems And Establishing Sustainable Thresholds For Their Preservation
We’re publishing this article today in advance of a COP28 talk entitled “Ocean biodiscovery, capacity development and equitable access to ocean biodiversity data” that Emma Bolton, Ocean Research Lead at […]
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Societal Issues
Researchers Propose A Paradigm Shift With Planetary Commons To Safeguard Earth’s Critical Systems
A groundbreaking research paper, published this week in the renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), challenges conventional notions of global commons and advocates for a more […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Budgets and Policy, Conferences and Meetings, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Status Report
Bio-techno-signature Monitoring and Communication Guideposts for Extraterrestrial Life
Abstract — Attendees at the First Penn State SETI Symposium collaborated to develop guideposts for monitoring for and communicating with extraterrestrial life.
Posted inIntelligence & Language, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter With Humpback Whales Reveals Potential For Nonhuman Intelligence communication
A team of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation, had a close encounter with a non-human (aquatic) intelligence.
Posted inScience Fiction, Societal Issues, Space Life Science, Status Report
Space Medicine and Art: A Chat with Star Trek’s Jess Bush and NASA Chief Medical Officer J.D. Polk
To celebrate the successful launch of our PIL-BOX in-space pharmaceutical lab, we brought together Jess Bush, who plays Nurse Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and JD Polk, NASA’s […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Status Report
Message In A Bottle – An Update To The Golden Record: 1. Objectives And Key Content Of The Message
In the first part of this series, we delve into the foundational aspects of “Message in a Bottle (MIAB)” (henceforth referred to as MIAB). This study builds upon the legacy […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Impact events, Press Release, Societal Issues
A Prehistoric Cosmic Airburst Preceded The Advent Of Agriculture In The Levant
Agriculture in Syria started with a bang 12,800 years ago as a fragmented comet slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere. The explosion and subsequent environmental changes forced hunter-gatherers in the prehistoric […]
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Societal Issues, Status Report
Opinion: Planetary Scale Information Transmission in the Biosphere and Technosphere: Limits and Evolution
Information transmission via communication between agents is ubiquitous on Earth, and is a vital facet of living systems.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Press Release, Societal Issues, Terraforming & Geoengineering
Theories About The Natural World May Need To Change To Reflect Human Impact
New research, reported in Nature Ecology & Evolution, (25 September 2023) has for the first time validated at scale, one of the theories that has underpinned ecology for over half […]