Stephen Colbert Talks To Aliens

NPR | By Adam Frank

Published July 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM PDT

So I have spent a lot of last week thinking about UFOs and the people who love them. I've been reflecting on what constitutes "public knowledge" and what makes an investigation good or bad in terms of science (you might also phrase that question as what makes an investigation science in the first place).

I might be writing more on this in the future but for now I wanted to share this very funny piece from Colbert for those who may have missed it in last week's post.

Adam Frank

Adam Frank was a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. A professor at the University of Rochester, Frank is a theoretical/computational astrophysicist and currently heads a research group developing supercomputer code to study the formation and death of stars. Frank's research has also explored the evolution of newly born planets and the structure of clouds in the interstellar medium. Recently, he has begun work in the fields of astrobiology and network theory/data science. Frank also holds a joint appointment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy fusion lab.

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