About this episode

David interviews Chris Lintott about technosignatures, citizen science, and science communication.

In this week's episode, David is joined by Chris Lintott, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University and presenter of BBC's "The Sky At Night". To support this podcast and our research lab, head to https://coolworldslab.com/support Cool Worlds Podcast Theme by Hill [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hdkvBtRdOW4SPsnxCXOjK]

People in this episode

Host: David

Guest: Chris Lintott

Topics covered

• technosignatures
• citizen science
• science communication
• astronomy
• podcast

Keywords

• technosignatures
• citizen science
• astronomy
• science communication
• Chris Lintott

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxford University, BBC

Books & works: The Sky At Night

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