Do Aliens Exist?

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

How likely is it that we’ll find intelligent alien life on other planets? Are there extraterrestrial civilizations that we could contact - or that could contact us? And what would these aliens be like? We’re going to try to answer these big questions with the help of two scientists, and a very famous math equation.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:05.0	And I'm Marshall, welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:09.7	How likely is it that we'll find intelligent alien life on other planets?
0:15.0	And if we do, what will it be like?
0:17.3	Will they take us to their leader because I'm sure they've got some great ideas.
0:22.1	In this episode, we're going to discover how a math equation and our own evolution can
0:27.6	help us on our search for intelligent life on other planets.
0:34.6	Okay, Marshall, one of the greatest quests in science is to find life on other planets.
0:42.4	And one of the biggest questions in that quest is whether there's life that's like us.
0:47.5	You mean like the kind that we see in science fiction where people basically are human
0:51.9	actors, but they have pointy ears?
0:56.1	The technical term is intelligent life.
1:00.5	It means life beyond earth that could build civilizations and technology like us.
1:06.7	Do you think it exists?
1:08.4	I mean, I think given the size of the universe, there's no way that it doesn't exist, but
1:12.4	I just think it's probably really, really far away.
1:14.9	But what about you?
1:15.9	Well, I just don't know.
1:18.8	That's why we ask some kids.
1:22.1	So let's hear what they think.
1:23.7	Hi, my name is Madeline.
1:26.1	I'm eight years old.
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