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  • Universe Today: Report on the Communicating Across the Cosmos workshop Part 3 Bridging the Vast Gulf

    Paul Patton opens the third part of the report by saying: “If extraterrestrial civilizations exist, the nearest is probably at least hundreds or thousands of light years away. Still, the greatest gulf that we will have to bridge to communicate with extraterrestrials is not such distances, but the gulf between human and alien minds. In mid-November,…

    Klara Anna Capova

    November 27, 2014
    reviews
    anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, interstellar messages, seti, universe today, workshop
  • Universe Today Reports on the Communicating Across the Cosmos Workshop

    Since it was founded in 1984, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, has been a principal American venue for scientific efforts to discover evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations. In mid November, the institute sponsored a conference, “Communicating across the Cosmos”, on the problems of devising and understanding messages from other worlds. The conference drew 17 speakers from numerous disciplines, including linguistics,…

    Klara Anna Capova

    November 21, 2014
    reviews
    anthropology of outerspace, extraterrestrial intellingence, extraterrestrial life, messaging, SETI Institute, workshop
  • SETI Workshop: How Can We Make Ourselves Understood by Other Civilizations in the Galaxy?

    SETI Institute webpages devoted to the workshop Communicating Across the Cosmos is now up and running. Go to How Can We Make Ourselves Understood by Other Civilizations in the Galaxy? to read the abstracts, biographies, and media info and even watch the talks.

    Klara Anna Capova

    November 4, 2014
    seti
    alien languages, extraterrestrial life, SETI Institute
  • UK SETI Research Network

    The UK SETI Research Network is a group of UK academics at a number of institutions who are active in the field of the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. Its purpose is to promote academic SETI activity in the UK. To find out more about the research network members and the present activities of the UKSRN…

    Klara Anna Capova

    October 27, 2014
    seti
    eti, extraterrestrial intellingence, research, search for life, seti, seti UK
  • NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter: Second Quarter 2013

    The NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Notes & News published in 2013, Volume 30, Number 2. The Sound of Space workshop report ‘The Sonic Dimension of Outer Space, 1940–1980’ including a note about my presentation is available from the News & Notes: the NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter.

    Klara Anna Capova

    October 3, 2014
    reviews, talks
    anthropology of outerspace, history of science, nasa
  • International Committee for the History of Technology reports on “Sounds of Space”

    Newsletter of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) reports on the Sounds of Space workshop organized by William R. Macauley and the Emmy Noether Research Group “The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the Twentieth Century.” The workshop gathered more than two dozen scholars at Freie Universität Berlin…

    Klara Anna Capova

    September 27, 2014
    conference reports, downloads, talks
    astroculture, European, history of science, social studies of science and technology, STS, technology
  • ‘Astrobiology, history, and society’ book has received a strong review in Choice

    I’m pleased to announce that Astrobiology, History, and Society has received a strong review in Choice, a periodical used by librarians to decide which books to acquire. Outstanding Title! 51-3815QH327 MARC Astrobiology, history, and society: life beyond Earth and the impact of discovery, ed. by Douglas A. Vakoch. Springer, 2013. ISBN 9783642359828 Recent confirmation of…

    Klara Anna Capova

    September 15, 2014
    publications, reviews
    astrobiology, fundamental questions, history, impact of science, social studies of science and technology
  • How to get a message across?

    The poster I am sharing today was presented at the Postgraduate Anthropology Conference in Durham in May. The poster was intended as a case study of how the visual evidence can be used and utilised in writing about science and global popular culture. The poster introduces the science in search for life beyond earth as a case…

    Klara Anna Capova

    August 24, 2014
    conference reports, poster
    anthropology, interstellar messages, popular culture, STS
  • NASA Astrobiology Conference 2012: Abstract and Poster

    The poster abstract ‘The Detection of Extraterrestrial Life – Are We Ready?’ for AbSciCon – NASA Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past and Present, Near and Far is available online. Abstract Body: The paper offers a novel perspective on the scientific search for life beyond Earth, based on the ‘outsiders’ point of view approach that anthropology…

    Klara Anna Capova

    June 27, 2014
    conference reports, poster
    AbSciCon, anthropology of science, astrobiology, nasa, poster
  • Report to the IAA on the 5th “Search for Life Signatures” symposium held at UNESCO

    Report to the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) on the 5th “Search for Life Signatures” symposium held at UNESCO in Paris was written by Dr. Claudio Maccone IAA (Director for Scientific Space Exploration and Chair, IAA SETI Permanent Committee); the report is now available to download (PDF).

    Klara Anna Capova

    June 4, 2014
    downloads, talks
    astronautics, extraterrestrial life, life signatures, report, search for life, seti, unesco
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