Sol Invictus
02-02-2010, 12:45 PM
(Of course aliens exist amongst us, my sister is living proof)
2010 01 27
By Raphael G. Satter | YahooNews.ca
For decades, scientists have scanned the heavens in search of extraterrestrial life. Perhaps they should have looked for alien life closer to home.
Variant life forms - most likely tiny microbes - could still be hanging around "right under or noses - or even in our noses," Paul Davies, an award-winning Arizona State University physicist, told a group of scientists Tuesday.
"How do we know all life on earth descended from a single origin?" he said, speaking at London's Royal Society, which serves as Britain's academy of sciences. "We've just scratched the surface of the microbial world."
The idea that alien micro-organisms could be hiding on Earth has been discussed for a while, according to Jill Tarter, the director of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a U.S. project that listens for signals from civilizations based around distant stars.
She said several of the scientists involved in the project were interested in pursuing the notion, which Davies laid out in a 2007 Scientific American article, "Are Aliens Among Us?"
So far, there's no answer. And finding one would be fraught with difficulties, as Davies himself acknowledged.
Read More Here (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100126/koddities/eu_britain_alien_life)
2010 01 27
By Raphael G. Satter | YahooNews.ca
For decades, scientists have scanned the heavens in search of extraterrestrial life. Perhaps they should have looked for alien life closer to home.
Variant life forms - most likely tiny microbes - could still be hanging around "right under or noses - or even in our noses," Paul Davies, an award-winning Arizona State University physicist, told a group of scientists Tuesday.
"How do we know all life on earth descended from a single origin?" he said, speaking at London's Royal Society, which serves as Britain's academy of sciences. "We've just scratched the surface of the microbial world."
The idea that alien micro-organisms could be hiding on Earth has been discussed for a while, according to Jill Tarter, the director of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a U.S. project that listens for signals from civilizations based around distant stars.
She said several of the scientists involved in the project were interested in pursuing the notion, which Davies laid out in a 2007 Scientific American article, "Are Aliens Among Us?"
So far, there's no answer. And finding one would be fraught with difficulties, as Davies himself acknowledged.
Read More Here (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100126/koddities/eu_britain_alien_life)