The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In

If We're Looking For Intelligence In The Universe I Think Everybody Assumes That This Has To Start With Life And So The Question Is: "how Likely Is It That There Will Be Life Elsewhere In The Universe?"

In The Frantic Search For An Elusive 'cure,' Few Researchers Stand Back And Ask A Very Basic Question: Why Does Cancer Exist? What Is Its Place In The Grand Story Of Life?

It Will Be In The Convergence Of Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology And Cancer Biology That The Answer To Cancer Will Lie. Nor Will This Confluence Be A One-way Street.

When I Was A Student, The Laws Of Physics Were Regarded As Completely Off Limits. The Job Of The Scientist, We Were Told, Is To Discover The Laws And Apply Them, Not Inquire Into Their Provenance.

An Argument Often Given For Why Earth Couldn't Host Another Form Of Life Is That Once The Life We Know Became Established, It Would Have Eliminated Any Competition Through Natural Selection. But If Another Form Of Life Were Confined To Its Own Niche, There Would Be Little Direct Competition With Regular Life.