“It’s about being able to step back and look at your result. Does it make sense?” says Stefan Funk, a particle physicist who ...

What if the reason we haven’t found aliens is scarier than we thought? This video unpacks a chilling solution to the Fermi Paradox, examining the dangers of contact with extraterrestrial life and the ...

Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...

Fermi was a Nobel Prize winning physicist famous for quickly estimating answers to questions, like how many heart beats are ...