Chilean astronomers have announced the discovery of 16 new "Super Earths", making scientists hopeful that we could make contact with extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.
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"Imagination... must not be underestimated as a valuable means to advance knowledge towards new frontiers," say the authors of a new study on the possible consequences of the discovery of extraterrestrial life; we couldn't agree more.
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With NASA's discovery of a new species of arsenic-tolerant bacteria appearing to dissolve in a highly-public storm of professional scrutiny, we're all enrolled a crash course in the rites and rituals of scientific practice.
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We've met the shadow biosphere, and it is us.
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The search for extraterrestrial life is serious science: its methods are precisely documented, its results painstakingly peer-reviewed. But at the same time it�s a field with curious standards when it comes to �advances.�
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