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The One Critical Mistake Alien Hunters Keep Making
THE EXPANSE
Life on other worlds might look nothing like it does on Earth. So we need to start taking more eccentric ideas about biology seriously.
David Axe
Published
Aug. 5 2022
8:17PM EDT
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty
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