They were not remotely human but they were flesh and blood

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 20 November, 2009 to the comment subset

What might intelligent aliens look like? The consensus among experts suggests it would be safe to bet they will not look the least bit humanoid.
Of all the vertebrates, only mammals evolved brains big enough for higher intelligence. And of the 24 orders of mammals only one – ours, the primates – has technological intelligence. [...]

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Our invited guests ended up taking over completely

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 13 August, 2009 to the photography subset

The holiday visitors from hell… some aliens come to visit New York and end up trying to take over, and document their “progress” with a series of postcards.

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Views of an alien occupied Earth

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 to the design and art subset

If these pictures are anything to go by an alien occupation of Earth may not be all that bad.

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I’d rather be like Mr Spock: warts and all (except he has none)

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 24 April, 2009 to the comment subset

Have science fiction writers overstated the virtues of extraterrestrials? Have you, for instance, ever seen a sci-fi show where humans had reached a highly evolved level of attainment, while aliens where flaming each other on discussion forums?
Who’d want to be a human? We smell, we bicker, we weep at middle-aged ladies singing about dreams on [...]

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First we had alien abductions, now it’s alien wife swaps?

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 1 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Social network Bebo, and the producers of British TV show Wife Swap have combined to undertake an incredible mission; the search for intelligent life in the universe. That’s an intriguing pairing for such a momentous task…
Dr Zaitsev will use a Ukrainian radio telescope, normally used to identify and track asteroids that pose a threat to [...]

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So ET was an extremophile from hell then…

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 to the comment subset

The flourishing of lifeforms, such as “extremophiles”, creatures that apparently thrive on radiation and acid, in places on Earth generally deemed “inhospitable” are giving encouragement to scientists hopeful of finding life elsewhere in the universe.
There’s hardly a niche on Earth that hasn’t been colonised. Life can be found in scalding, acidic hot pools, in the [...]

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Sun’s properties not “fine-tuned” for life

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 23 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Sun’s properties not “fine-tuned” for life
It turns out the type of star our Sun is, a G star by the way, doesn’t make it anymore conducive to hosting life bearing planets than any other star type.
There’s nothing special about the Sun that makes it more likely than other stars to host life, a new study [...]

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Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 14 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens
Pope Benedict XVI is proving to be a rather accommodating pope, and has said through Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, that “belief” in the existence of extraterrestrial life will not see you thrown into the fires of hell.
“How can we rule out that life may have [...]

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Monday 24 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 24 December, 2007 to the comment subset

The Value of Being Incomplete: What Are Your Goals for 2008? possibly the most enjoyable post I’ve read at Dosh Dosh so far.
The year is coming to a close. When December finally changes into January, I will inevitably get a bittersweet feeling of starting over again, as I anticipate the opportunities yet to come [...]

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