Tag Archives: Astrobiology

What a long strange trip it’s been: Paul Davies’ New Book and Hadronistry Coined

By cyoungbull | Published: March 2, 2010
Our recent post on the shadow biosphere attracted a lot of attention, including from Dr. Paul Davies himself.  We’ve been talking to Dr. Davies now and were happy to learn that he has just published a new book on the implications of shadow life for the search for extra-terrestrial beings. Here’s what Dr. Davies had [...]
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Alternate “life” styles: scientists predict the possibility of a Shadow Biosphere

By cyoungbull | Published: February 6, 2010
The possibility of strange forms of alien life seems to have just got a whole lot closer to home.  Astrobiologists from Arizona State University, Florida, UC Boulder, NASA, Harvard and Australia have recently theorized about a “shadow biosphere” – a biosphere within a biosphere where alternative biochemistry may be thriving in a way that we haven’t yet [...]
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