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Technosignatures

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The lexicon

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    What the corpus says

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    Nathalie Cabrol highlights the potential for life on Mars, suggesting it may exist in dormant states due to climate adaptation.
    The concept of panspermia is explored, indicating life's building blocks may be distributed by comets, but it doesn't explain life's origin.
    Cabrol challenges the Fermi paradox, arguing it's anthropomorphic and overlooks the complexity of life and civilization evolution.
    The SETI Institute's focus has expanded beyond extraterrestrial intelligence to include extensive work on exoplanets and astrobiology.
    Cabrol emphasizes the urgency of addressing Earth's sixth mass extinction, with 150 species going extinct daily.

    Voices on technosignatures

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    Go read

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    What experts find new

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    At the frontier

    Still unresolved

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