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Section 1.2
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Meet the Scientists
Michio Kaku
Jack Horner
Stephen W. Hawking
J. Craig Venter
Dr. James Garvin
Victoria Meadows
Wayne Barlowe
Randy Pollock
David Moriarty
Curtis Clark
Joan Horvath
James Kirkland
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Scientists Answer
What is Life?
How Do We Find Alien Life?
Are We Alone?
Is Intelligent Life Out There?
If We Find Aliens, What Next?
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The Darwin System
Darwin IV
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Alien Datafile
Arrowtongue
Beach Quill
Bladderhorn
Daggerwrist
Emperor Sea Strider
Sea Strider Nymph
Groveback
Gyrosprinter
Jetdarter
Littoralope
Pronghead
Skewer
Trunk Sucker
Unth
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Alternate Aliens
The Search for New Worlds
NASA and the SETI Program
The Habitable Zone
Emergence of Life
Aliens in Science Fiction I
Aliens in Science Fiction II
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Wallpapers
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Extraterrestrial Discussions
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Section 9
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Section 10
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Section 11
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Section 12
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Section 13
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Section 14
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Section 15
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Meet the Scientists

While the planet Darwin IV is fictional, the life forms that could evolve on a planet with its conditions (which include binary suns and 60 percent gravity) are based purely in science. Meet some of the experts consulted in the creation of Alien Planet and the species that inhabit Darwin IV.

Click on a name or picture for more information. When you've met the scientists, visit the video gallery to hear from them on the big questions, like: "What Is Life?"

Michio Kaku Jack Horner Stephen W. Hawking J. Craig Venter
Michio Kaku Jack Horner Stephen W. Hawking J. Craig Venter
String Theorist
City University of New York
Palaeontologist
Montana State University
Physicist
Author, A Brief History of Time
Mapped the Human Genome
J. Craig Venter Institute
Dr. James Garvin Victoria Meadows Wayne Barlowe Randy Pollock
Dr. James Garvin Victoria Meadows Wayne Barlowe Randy Pollock
NASA Chief Scientist Planetary Scientist
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Artist/Author
Expedition
Space Instrumentation System Architect
Hamilton Sundstrand
Joan Horvath James Kirkland David Moriarty Curtis Clark
Joan Horvath James Kirkland David Moriarty Curtis Clark
Executive Director
Global Space League
State Palaeontologist
Utah Geological Survey
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University
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