Alien Crash Site

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Creator: Santa Fe Institute

Synopsis:

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?

A new interview series from the Santa Fe Institute. Join InterPlanetary Director, Caitlin McShea, as she an a group of intrepid and fearless mavericks attempt to understand and unearth a variety of alien artifacts.

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Episodes:

023: Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:44:31 +0000

What can a metallic asteroid tell us about our own planet? ACS interview with Psyche mission PI Lindy Elkins-Tanton

022: Gary Bengier

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:56:44 +0000

Purpose driven exploration, society’s future, and the value of speculative fiction

Special Feature: Co-Ordination

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:41:12 +0000

Co-Ordination: On Time Between Worlds. An InterPlanetary panel discussion co-presented with New School Policy and Design for Outer Space.

Lunar Denizens: A Three-Panel Series

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:54:28 +0000

A three part InterPlanetary series, co-presented with the New School Policy and Design for Outer Space, as part of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.

021: Natalie Grefenstette

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:34:38 +0000

Toward a universal strategy for life detection.

020: Chris Kempes

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:52:30 +0000

Scaling laws across biology, new consideration of “biology,” origins of life and life detection

019: Heather Graham

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:53:18 +0000

Life Detection, geochemistry, rock opera

018: Timiebi Aganaba

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Space Governance and Space Law!

017: Ryan McGranaghan

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:09:12 +0000

Aerospace Engineer

016: Vanessa Ferdinand

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:43:22 +0000

Computational Cognitive Scientist. Cultural Evolution

015: Cole Mathis

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:05:53 +0000

Computational/Statistical Physicist, Alien Hunter

014: Natalie Elliot

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Science writer, fiction writer, cross-disciplinary professor. #LitSci

013: Linda Sheehan

Sat, 29 May 2021 07:16:50 +0000

Rights of Nature Law, Earth Law, Planetary Policy

012: Katherine Collins

Thu, 13 May 2021 22:23:38 +0000

Sustainable Investor, Chair of SFI’s Board of Trustees

011: Van Savage

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:49:27 +0000

Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Computational Medicine at UCLA

Lecture: InterPlanetary Poetics

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:38:13 +0000

Caitlin McShea discusses the fruitful feedback loop between sci-fi and science in this lecture for the New School’s Transceiver lecture series.

010: Michael Lachmann

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:11:15 +0000

SFI Professor, Evolutionary Biologist

009: Tony Eagan

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:30:00 +0000

SFI Research Fellow whose research focuses on Aesthetics and Epistemology.

008: Tamara van der Does

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:30:00 +0000

SFI post-doctoral fellow, a sociologist working on belief change dynamics

007: Nina Lanza

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:35:27 +0000

Team Lead for Space and Planetary Exploration at Los Alamos National Labs (most especially the SuperCam team for the Perseverance Rover, and ChemCam on Curiosity)

006: Sasha Samochina

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:52:22 +0000

Lead director of NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s Data Visualization and Infusion Group

005: Armin Ellis

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:30:04 +0000

Interview with Exploration Institute Founder

004: David Stout

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:30:00 +0000

Visual artist, composer, electronic instrumentalist, performance director and professor at University of North Texas

003: Frank Lantz

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

NYU Game Center Director and Game Designer Frank Lantz