New book asks: why haven't we found aliens yet? — SkimNews
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- Adam Kirsch's book "We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It Matters" is published by Columbia Global Reports on 25 August, with The Guardian adapting the piece into a podcast narrated by James Sobol Kelly.
- The podcast frames the question: given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own — so where are they?
Why it matters: The book's publication through Columbia Global Reports — a press specializing in accessible long-form nonfiction — positions the Fermi Paradox as a mainstream-reading-list topic rather than a specialist astrobiology debate, timed for late-summer audiences via The Guardian's podcast distribution.
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