The wow factor.

The article focuses on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute's (SETI) use of citizen science to look for radio signals from intelligent aliens. It states on February 29, 2012, SETI started a citizen-science project where volunteers would listen for distinctive radio-frequency emissi...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 402; no. 8775; p. 92
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/10/2012
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