Imagining Extraterrestrial Life

What does it mean to be a human in a world that's dominated by science and technology—and in a universe in which we might not be alone? With the advancement of observational technology—for instance, the new James Webb telescope situated nearly a million miles from Earth—the detection of extraterrestrial life increasingly becomes a possibility. And while scientists have long had a love-hate relationship with speculative fictions, they are in constant engagement with them as they search for extraterrestrial life. In this episode of the Harvard Horizons podcast, PhD student Karina Mathew Mathew talks about engaging our imaginations to move beyond the restrictions of technology and human expectations.