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#188 Consciousness measured at point of death; the lifeform with seven genomes; impact of Covid on the gut

The World, the Universe and Us

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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Astronomers have extrapolated from signals that NASA has used in its deep space network to track spacecraft. They're making the assumption that there are aliens on planets around those stars who can interpret and respond to the signals. If you do assume that these two found in this paper that the aliens, the reply might reach us by 2029. That's just six years away.

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