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IT ONLY TAKES A TINY FRACTION. “A minuscule (10(−21)) survival rate of freeze-dried bacteria in space is all that is needed to ensure the continual re-cycling of cosmic microbial life in the galaxy. Evidence that terrestrial life may have come from elsewhere in the solar system has accumulated over the past decade.” (Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, 2004). https://lnkd.in/dFRBz2F View in LinkedIn

“PANSPERMIA, an ancient idea, posits that microbial life is ubiquitous in the Universe. After several decades of almost irrational rejection, panspermia is at last coming to be regarded as a serious contender for the beginnings of life on our planet. Astronomical data is shown to be consistent with the widespread distribution of complex organic molecules and dust particles that may have a biological" "provenance.” (Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, 2004). https://lnkd.in/dFRBz2F View in LinkedIn

THE QUESTION FRAMED. “The idea that in the whole Universe life is unique to the Earth is essentially pre-Copernican. Experience has now repeatedly taught us that this type of thinking is very likely wrong. Why should our own infinitesimal niche in the Universe be unique?” (Fred Hoyle & Chandra Wickramasinghe, Lifecloud, 1968) https://lnkd.in/dKwTbHA View in LinkedIn

COMPELLED TO FOLLOW THE DATA. “I was hesitating from taking the step of supposing diseases came from comets, still fearing ridicule, still hearing in my imagination the derisive laughter of university commonrooms (overlaid by a pervasive clink of coffee cups) when at last I was swayed by a curious and seemingly inconsequential detail.” (Professor Fred Hoyle). A passage that is hard to forget, https://lnkd.in/d6s_-HE View in LinkedIn

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NOT INTERESTED! “Lobbying by Carl Sagan and others, along with careful bureaucratic and political persuasion, eventually restored the stature of the program, and by 1988 NASA was ready once again to begin searching in the radio despite some Congressional opposition.” https://lnkd.in/djnMhU6 View in LinkedIn

DETECTION OF NOXIOUS STIMULI. “Here we show that nociception in mice is altered by a 30 Hz field with a peak amplitude more than 1000 times weaker than the static component of the geomagnetic field. When mice are exposed to an ambient magnetic field-shielded environment 1 h a day for five consecutive days, a strong analgesic (i.e. antinociception) response is induced by day 5. introduction of a 30 Hz time-varying field as weak as 33 nT has a strong effect, reducing the analgesic effect by 60 per cent. Such sensitivity is surprisingly high.” http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/81/20121046.short View in LinkedIn

HALL OF SHAME OVER SETI. “By the 1970’s, NASA was considering investing significant resources into the field and commissioned a detailed study on a “maximal” radio SETI program, Project Cyclops. The high cost of that vision and the baseless conflation of the endeavor with UFOlogy, science fiction, and tabloid fodder led to political troubles. In 1978 Senator William Proxmire gave the NASA SETI program one of his “Golden Fleece” awards (for “fleecing” the taxpayer for a frivolous project) and successfully ended it.” https://lnkd.in/djnMhU6 View in LinkedIn

EFFECTS ON OOCYTES. “According to previous reports, cell death induction in the oocyte was observed only in the case of microwave exposure and not after exposure to other stress factors as toxic chemicals or food deprivation. Now it is also observed for the first time after extremely low frequency magnetic field exposure.” https://lnkd.in/d38KfZb View in LinkedIn

ONLY SIXTY YEARS. “Modern SETI—now also known as the search for technosignatures—began around 1960.” https://lnkd.in/djnMhU6 View in LinkedIn