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When Worlds Collide #116: Did we all come from Outer Space?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 8 August 2014 At 75, astronomer Dr Chandra Wickramasinghe is still very much the scientific maverick that he has been for several decades. He loves to challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Current Affairs, History, Public health, Public perceptions, Religion, Sri Lanka
Tagged abiogenesis, Arthur C Clarke, asteroids, Comets, cosmic life, cosmic origins of life, Dr Chandra Wickramasinghe, Dr Kavan Ratnatunga, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, HIV, Johannes Kepler, Journal of Cosmology, meteorites, national security, Nicolaus Copernicus, Origins of life, panspermia, Ray Wijewardene Memorial Lecture 2014, Roman Inquisition, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Sir Fred Hoyle
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