Alien Crash Site
A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts. Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears as a hoop might actually be a perpetual-motion machine. What appears as a slime might alter space-time. Spend too much time in the Zone and your genes might mutate, your bones might dissolve, your body might be ground into meat. If you’re lucky enough to make it out alive, you’ll likely be imprisoned. But a successful trip in and out of the Zone could alter human history. Do you dare? And for what? Hosted by Caitlin McShea.
Episodes
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New School Policy and Design for Outer Space
SFI’s InterPlanetary Project
Aging, Adaptation, and the Arrow of Time - A James S. McDonnell Foundation funded research track on Complex Time
Complex Time video playlist
InterPlanetary 2019 panel on Complex Time, featuring Sean Carroll
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Alien Crash Site returns after that with an interview with SFI Post-Doc Natalie Grefenstette.
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The paper discussed: "Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry"
The essay discussed: ($$ paywall) "Art as a Product of Nature, as a work of Art" by...
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InterPlanetary 2018 - Planetary Policy, Law & Regulation Panel
Ecuador’s recognition of Pachamama
Santa Monica’s sustainability ordinance, protecting the aquifers
US Space Act (1958)
Outer Space Treaty (1966)
Moon Agreement (1979)
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Ever-Widening Circles, by Rilke
Tom Seeley's work on honeybees
Suzanne Simard's work about tree communication networks
Geoffrey West's lecture on Scaling
I Dream a Highway - Gillian Welch
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Final scene of Stalker
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Van’s homepage
UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep
Watch Van on the “Time Design” Panel from #IPFest2018
Ted Chiang’s Seventy-Two Letters
Liu Cixin’s Three Body Problem
“You’re So Cool” by Hans Zimmer
“Don’t Look Back in Anger” by Oasis
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Michael’s webpage
Carl Bergstrom’s Calling Bullshit
Michael’s work on the Neandertal genome
Information’s impact on fitness
Michael, Sara Walker, Chris Kempes and Lee Cronin, herein the #OriginsOfLifeLeague
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Diego Velázquéz’s Las Meninas
Rothko’s Tate Collection
Tamara’s Website, Google Scholar Page & Twitter
• InterPlanetary Festival Website
• Alien Crash Site Podcast
• In 72 hours of sci-fi, postdocs transmit parental model of alien civilization [video]
• Greetings from a Triparental Planet 72 Hours of Science Pre-Printby Gizem Bacaksizlar, Stefani Crabtree, Joshua Garland, Natalie Grefenstette, Albert Kao, David Kinney, Artemy Kolchinsky, Tyler Marghetis, Michael Price, Maria Riolo, Ha...
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Theme song, "Stalker" by Tortilla
The “Living in Space” InterPlanetary Panel from IP Fest 2018
Recap of Nina’s time in Antartica
Bradbury Museum panel of LANL scientists discussing Today’s Perseverance landing
Joerael Numina’s art (The image of the Curiosity Rover behind me is one example of his work)
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Sasha’s website and work
Sasha on “Visualization and Designing the Impossible” IPFest 2018 Panel
Sasha at IPFest, on open-source space data
Jet Propulsion Lab’s page of downloadable 360 and VR/AR videos
Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History
Virtual tour of the Jet Propulsion Lab
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