Essay written by Avie Loeb for Scientific American, "They’re nurtured by informal dialogues in environments where mistakes are tolerated and critical thinking is encouraged"... Read more about Where Do Ideas Come from?
"Atronomers are proposing a new model for the invisible material that makes up most of the universe: It is possible that a fraction of dark matter particles may have a tiny electrical charge."
Pierre Christian (Harvard PhD, 2018) delivers his Keto Award talk at the ITC Luncheon on May 3, 2018 "Detecting gravitational lensing of gravitational waves"
"The first challenge in the hunt for life elsewhere in our universe is to decide where to look. In a new study, two scientists examine whether Sun-like stars or low-mass M dwarfs are the best bet for hosting exoplanets with detectable life."
Avi Loeb's lated Scientific American blog post explores the idea that, "A civilization in the habitable zone of a dwarf star like Proxima Centauri might find it hard to get into interstellar space with conventional rockets."
"Are we alone? This is surely a question each and every one of us has asked, at some point in our lives. And while most of us go no further than simply putting this question out there, there are people who feel compelled to devote time and effort in a bid to find the answer. Today our guest on Sputnik's Weekend Special is just such a man - Abraham Loeb, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and an adviser to the Breakthrough Listen project."
![are the best targets in the search for primitive life. [NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech]](http://static.projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/styles/os_square_100_100/public/fig1-10-702x336.jpg?m=1525273270&itok=0ZGXd1kN "Where Should We Look for Life?")
