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b'Are we alone in the universe? Is there other intelligence out there? COSMIC, the most ambitious SETI search yet, hopes to answer that. We hear updates on this novel signal detection project being conducted on the Very Large Array in the desert of New Mexico.\\xa0\\nAlso, we chat with award-winning science fiction writer Ted Chiang about how he envisions making contact with aliens in his stories, including the one that was the basis for the movie\\xa0Arrival. And find out why some scientists don\\u2019t want only to listen for signals, they want to deliberately transmit messages to aliens. Is that wise and, if we did it, what would we say?\\xa0\\nGuests:\\nChenoa Tremblay\\xa0\\u2013 Postdoc researcher in radio astronomy for the SETI Institute and member of COSMIC science team\\nTed Chiang\\xa0\\u2013 Nebula and Hugo award-winning science fiction writer, best known for his collections,\\xa0Stories of Your Life and Others\\xa0and\\xa0Exhalation\\nDouglas Vakoch\\xa0\\u2013 Founder and president of METI International, a nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to transmitting intentional signals to extraterrestrial civilizations\\nFeaturing music by\\xa0Dewey Dellay\\xa0and\\xa0Jun Miyake\\nBig Picture Science is part of the\\xa0Airwave Media\\xa0podcast network.\\xa0Please contact\\xa0advertising@airwavemedia.com\\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\\nPlease take our\\xa0listener survey! Help us get to know you and enter to win a $500 Amazon gift card!\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'