Jim Al-Khalili, a quantum physicist and the editor of “Aliens,” opens with a question asked by Enrico Fermi in 1950: If the universe is so vast, and its age so old, and its stars so plentiful, where is everybody? Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNor do we know how life began. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThere are scientists who will go so far as to say that life is a spectacular fluke. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOf course, there are researchers who dispute this theory and Cobb’s reasoning.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2017 22:41 UTC