World Science Festival
Season 2, Episode 4: Who Is Out There: Why Alien 'Life' May Be Weirder Than We Imagine
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If we want to discover alien life out there in the universe, we first need to figure out where to look-and what we're even looking for. Will it be biological like us? Could it be artificial, or take some other form we haven't yet considered? And how do we find something so fundamentally different from ourselves? In this program, scientists devise plans for searching for beings beyond Earth while they grapple with the very definition of life.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
Engineering Immortality: The End of Aging?
Episode 2
Cartographers of the Brain: Mapping the Connectome
Episode 3
Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity: The Nuts and Bolts of Better Brains
Episode 4
Who Is Out There: Why Alien 'Life' May Be Weirder Than We Imagine
Episode 5
My Neurons, My Self
Episode 6
The Social Synapse: Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections
Episode 7
The Believing Brain: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct
Episode 8
Resistance Is (Not) Futile: The End of Antibiotics and the Future of Fighting Infections
Episode 9
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: The Future of Augmented Intelligence
Episode 10
Forever Young: The Promise of Human Regeneration
Episode 11
The Roots of Extremism: The Fundamentalist in Your Brain
Episode 12
The Microbiome: Vital Cells of Existence