Want to keep information safe for hundreds of millions of years? You might try DNA. Matthew Herper’s “Message In A DNA Bottle” takes a look at the power of DNA as a storage device. It’s another interesting science essay from the Forbes.com special report on Communicating.

Another cool story in the Forbes.com special report on Communicating is a discourse on the origins of language called “Can Chimps Talk?” It’s by Carl Zimmer, a journalist who writes one of the best science blogs out there, The Loom, and is the author of Soul Made Flesh : The Discovery of the Brain–and How [...]

I’ve published a new story at Forbes.com about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the issues involved in creating a “hello” message to alien civilizations. The story, “How To Talk To Aliens,” is part of the Communicating Special Report, which I also co-edited.

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