He and his colleagues now hope to gather responses from participants of different cultures, to compare how people across the globe would take the news of alien microbes. (sciencenews.org)
The Mars 2020 will primarily search for signs that something lived on Mars in ancient times, even though the technology exists to hunt for alien microbes presently living on or just beneath the surface. (newscientist.com)
Varnum and colleagues asked about 500 online volunteers — all in the United States — to describe how they would react if they learned scientists had discovered alien microbes. (sciencenews.org)