London conference sussing out ETs
(NEWSER) - ET, phone London. That's where top scientists are meeting this week to discuss the existence of alien life, possibly even on our own planet. The search for aliens should focus not on outer space, but on earth, Arizona State University physicist Paul Davies will argue in a presentation to his colleagues. “Weird” microbes that belong to a completely separate tree of life could already be thriving in isolated ecological niches here on earth, according to Davies and others who believe in an alien "shadow biosphere." More»
