Video: New SETI strategies - Seth Shostak (SETI Talks)

A friend from Facebook recently posted a link to this video of Seth Shostak speaking of new strategies for SETI, and I found it so interesting and entertaining that I decided to repost it here. The video is approximately 53 minutes long so set some time aside to watch:



The setiinstitute channel on YouTube has a lot of interesting videos and I plan to repost some of them on this blog in the future.

Cheers ~ Jim Cox
PS: I am always interested in meeting other astronomy enthusiasts, so if you happen to be on Facebook then look me up at: http://www.facebook.com/miba51

Are We Alone for 04/27/09 - Seth's Garage

Are We Alone - Seth's Garage
It’s always a surprise to go digging in Seth’s garage – who knows what we’ll find! In this impressive heap of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of old radio tubes and hydraulic jacks, we stumble upon the secrets to our galaxy’s central black hole… witness the dance of the PhD theses… uncover the genome of milk (while moo-ving boxes) and … hey? Who’s that crunching numbers in the corner? It’s astrophysicist Mario Livio addressing the mathematical mysteries of universe.

Guests:

• Andrea Ghez – Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles
• Mario Livio – Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician?
• John Bohannon – Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science
• Katrien Kolenberg – Astrophysicist, University of Vienna
• Danielle Lemay – Nutrition Scientist at the University of California, Davis

You can listen to this and other episodes at http://radio.seti.org/, and be sure to check out Are We A Blog?, the companion blog to the radio show.

SETI Institute special offer: Confessions of an Alien Hunter

Here is a special offer from the SETI Institute:

The SETI Institute is celebrating Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak's new book Confessions of an Alien Hunter with a great offer - Sign up as a new TeamSETI member, and Seth will personalize and autograph a copy of his book for you for just $15.00!

Seth's book offers an entertaining and expert account of the facts, fantasies, and future of finding intelligence elsewhere in the universe, and how real science differs from the Hollywood view of extraterrestrial life. As noted in the Washington Post's book review, "this book is compelling and thought-provoking." You can listen to Seth discuss the book on this week's Are We Alone? radio show.

And by becoming a TeamSETI member with this offer, you will not only receive a great read, but you will also support the research behind the story - and reap the benefits of joining our TeamSETI family.

We hope you'll choose to take advantage of this special opportunity, and join TeamSETI today!

Are We Alone for 04/20/09 - Reading Life's Tea Leaves

Are We Alone - Reading Life's Tea Leaves
For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth.

Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown.

Guests:

• Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species
• Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence
• Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

You can listen to this and other episodes at http://radio.seti.org/, and be sure to check out Are We A Blog?, the companion blog to the radio show.

NYT Op-Ed "Boldly Going Nowhere" By Seth Shostak

Many readers of this blog and/or listeners of the Are We Alone podcasts may be interested in this Op-Ed piece "Boldly Going Nowhere" by SETI's own Seth Shostak. Give it a read and feel free to leave your comments here.

Video: Confessions of an Alien Hunter

Check out this interesting video featuring Seth Shostak of the SETI Inistitute as he talks about the search for extraterrestrial civiliztions, and the possibility of discovering an extraterrestrial civiliztion in the near future.



You can find out about Seth's new book "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" at both National Geographic and Amazon.com. Be sure to check out the Are We Alone? internet radio show as well as it's companion blog Are We A Blog?