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Scientists have crafted a new cosmic “hello” — a modernized message meant to reach alien civilizations. In this episode, we unpack how researchers are updating humanity’s interstellar calling card, what it says about us, and whether anyone out there might actually answer.
In this episode, we explore Scientific American’s feature on the latest attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence. Researchers have designed a new digital message — a successor to the famous Arecibo transmission — that encodes math, science, and human identity in hopes of sparking first contact. We discuss…
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