About this episode

Em Dobberfuhl discusses how Project Hail Mary inspired their pursuit of astrobiology.

Guest: Em Dobberfuhl Mike's former Carnegie Science intern Em Dobberfuhl beams aboard to share how Project Hail Mary inspired them to pursue astrobiology. "Are we alone in the universe? Five times we thought we found extraterrestrial life" by Em Dobberfuhl: https://www.sequencermag.com/are-we-alone-in-the-universe-five-times-we-thought-we-found-extraterrestrial-life/ Learn more about the EPIIC internship at Carnegie Science: https://carnegiescience.edu/about/working/interns/epiic-reu

People in this episode

Host: Michael L. Wong

Guest: Em Dobberfuhl

Topics covered

• astrobiology
• extraterrestrial life
• Project Hail Mary
• internship
• science

Keywords

• Project Hail Mary
• astrobiology
• extraterrestrial life
• Carnegie Science
• EPIIC internship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carnegie Science

Books & works: Project Hail Mary, Are we alone in the universe? Five times we thought we found extraterrestrial life

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