To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously. Paul Davies aheadaliendecade Change image and share on social
Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone, but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years. Paul Davies achieveagencyconsortium share on social
In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life? Paul Davies backbasiccancer Change image and share on social
Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. Paul Davies concernfixinconvenient Change image and share on social
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid experimental support. Paul Davies agreeconjectureexperimental Change image and share on social
If we do discover more than one type of life on Earth, we can be fairly certain that the universe is teeming with it, for it would be inconceivable that life started twice here but never on all the other earth-like planets. Paul Davies discoverearthfairly share on social
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue. Paul Davies beliefevidencehealthy Change image and share on social
Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved from a common ancestor that lived billions of years ago. Yet most of the life that exists on Earth has never been properly classified. Paul Davies agoalternativeancestor share on social
A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory. Paul Davies bangbigcrunch Change image and share on social
Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Paul Davies blissevilexplain Change image and share on social
