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The face of first contact: What aliens look like
New Scientist ^
| 1/25/10
| Stephen Battersby
Posted on 02/10/2010 1:37:44 AM PST by LibWhacker
TENTACLED monsters, pale skinny humanoids, shimmery beings of pure energy... When it comes to the question of what alien life forms might look like, we are free to let our imagination roam. The science-in-waiting of extraterrestrial anatomy has yet to acquire its first piece of data, so nobody knows what features we will behold if and when humans and aliens come face-to-face. Or face to squirmy something.
Despite this lack of hard evidence, a blend of astronomy and earthly biology offers some clues to what is out there. A few bold scientists are even willing to make an educated guess at the nature of aliens that might exist on faraway worlds.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: aliens; appearance; astrobiology; callingartbell; extraterrestrials; lifeform
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To: LibWhacker
Instead of carbon based lifeforms they are silicon based.
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:40:40 AM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:44:04 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: LibWhacker
Aliens!
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:44:32 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Erik Latranyi
Four post a new record LOL.
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:49:32 AM PST
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: sonofstrangelove
maybe they are parasitic in nature...
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:52:12 AM PST
by
sten
To: Quix
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:52:25 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: sten
maybe. They are the brains and we are the muscle.
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:53:46 AM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
hmmm... i may have found one:
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posted on
02/10/2010 1:59:41 AM PST
by
sten
To: Erik Latranyi
First thing that come to my mind.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:09:30 AM PST
by
Rocky
(Obama's policy: A thousand points of lies.)
To: LibWhacker
To: LibWhacker
Long live 7 of 9 Although that spandex thing was good... Jerri your SMOK'IN HOT !!
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:01:57 AM PST
by
MtnMan101
(THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISUM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY)
To: MtnMan101
Wasn’t it her bad marriage that helped get Obama elected Senator? I say thumbs down on the golddigger.
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:12:25 AM PST
by
Woebama
(Never, never, never quit)
To: MtnMan101
I retract my statement regarding Jerri. I did some research and she did try to keep the incriminating documents sealed for the sake of her kids . . .
ogle away, free of guilt that she helped destroy the nation.
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:16:20 AM PST
by
Woebama
(Never, never, never quit)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:21:27 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality. (Hi Mom.))
To: sten
A silicon based life form no doubt.
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posted on
02/10/2010 4:07:30 AM PST
by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: Woebama
Wasn’t it her bad marriage that helped get Obama elected Senator? I say thumbs down on the golddigger. I think Jeri makes plenty of money in her own right. And her bad marriage was hubby's doing. IIRC He wanted them to swing at sex clubs. She didn't.
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
02/10/2010 5:47:09 AM PST
by
Quix
( POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Post #15 is a bit of a riot.
The basic features of the most frequently seen types are well known.
The ones who can pass as human on the street seem to be of great concern to some of our leading military types.
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posted on
02/10/2010 5:52:07 AM PST
by
Quix
( POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: LibWhacker
If aliens exist then they probably look just like us. God created us in his image so wouldn’t he have done the same with the aliens? Unless he was having a bad day.....
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posted on
02/10/2010 5:56:16 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(My boomerang won't come back.......)
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