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Imagined Mars settlement

Should SpaceX be allowed to contaminate Mars with Earth microbes?

11 December 2019

The rise of the private space industry may mean allowing Earth microbes to escape to other worlds, but is it worth the risk?

Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

11 December 2019

Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth’s life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam

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