Richard Dawkins: What Are Aliens Like?

BBC Future | Nov 5, 2014

Out there, far beyond the edges of our solar system, is there life? Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explores what kind of life exists beyond Earth.

Speaker:

Richard Dawkins, Emeritus Fellow for New College, Oxford.

Moderated by Laura Trevelyan, BBC World News America Correspondent.

 

WNYC is podcasting the panels at the BBC Future World-Changing Ideas Summit, held in New York City on Oct. 21.

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