space stations

Not on other planets (yet), but a place to “live” besides earth is currently the “International Space Station” (ISS). Yet living on such a station is of limited duration.
The mission of the International Space Station is “to enable long-term exploration of space and provide benefits to people on Earth.”
http://www.spacestationinfo.com/

Everything about the Space Station on the NASA page:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Tour of the International Space Station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5-n5Js6DM

Also: a quite interesting article about the technical progress (that seems not to be sophisticated enough yet) of making it possible for humans to stay in space for a longer period of time. “Are We Ready to Live on Other Planets?”
http://blogs.discovery.com/cosmic_ray/2009/06/are-we-ready-to-live-on-other-planets.html

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Could humans be the only intelligent beings in all the vastness of the universe? Or are we just one humble race, a member of a vast intergalactic fraternity of advanced civilizations? SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is the scientific quest to answer these great unknowns. As of now all we have are questions, but we know the answers, when they come, could transform our world. For the past 25 years, The Planetary Society has worked hard to make sure we never stop seeking these answers.(SETI)
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbBgv9h_tc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg-T41i3PmI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vyWIBcJPk

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The Lunar outpost will be an inhabited facility on the surface of the Moon which NASA currently proposes to construct over the five years between 2019 and 2024. The United States Congress has directed that the U.S. portion, “shall be designated the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.
(Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_outpost_(NASA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSNT_9ru2U

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One intelligent liquid we know today is the ferrofluid. A ferrofluid, is a liquid which becomes strongly polarised in the presence of a magnetic field.

Maybe in the future there will be these liquids. And maybe it will also be possible that they can influence people like in the film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvtUt02zVAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8siSpwRRV0&feature=related

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mr_materials_010905-1.html

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Eine zweite Erde

Wissenschaftler haben in einer Entfernung von 20,5 Lichtjahren einen erdähnlichen Planeten entdeckt, dessen Temperatur zwischen 0°C und 40°C liegt. Der Planet um kreist den Stern Gliese 581 und ist rund 50% größer und 5mal schwerer als unsere Erde. Ein Hinweis, dass dort Leben möglich sein könnte ist das großen Wasser vorkommen in Form von Ozeanen.

http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/article832751/Forscher_entdecken_eine_zweite_Erde.html

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/0,1518,479046,00.html

http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-17689.html

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disembodied alien intelligence:
Genetischen und epigenetischen Grundlagen des Lebens verstehen wir immer besser, Kritiker sehen darin nichts anderes, als Menschen analog zu züchten. Also ein Mischwesen aus Mensch und Maschine.

http://www.focus.de/wissen/wissenschaft/odenwalds_universum/frage-von-beate-betz-glogowski-wie-geht-es-mit-der-evolution-des-menschen-weiter_aid_312266.html

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NASA plans permanent moon base by the year 2024 And they already wanna start building this “lunar station” next year…

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/la-sci-moon5dec05,0,3384660.story

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Life from dead subject. Scientists create a malaria medicine of sugar. They changed the genetic composition and created a bacterium.

The ocean seems to possess a consciousness in Solaris.

http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/31/synthetische-biologie

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International Space Station

Bill Harwood, CBS News Space Analyst, discusses the latest from Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, including small snags in a new water purification system onboard.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-uYvD7_W8vFsOThyLEPvgeroK6_UitMo6/small_snags_on_iss/

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Transhumanism
is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities. Their believers predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with greatly expanded abilities – “POSTHUMANS”. The movement is therefore sometimes referred to as “posthumanism” or a transformational activism influenced by posthumanist ideal. Will Posthumans replace humans? Another form of aliens, but created by ourselfes.

This movement has been described by one critic, Francis Fukuyama, as the world’s most dangerous idea, while one proponent, Ronald Bailey, thinks that it is a “movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity”.

World Transhumanist Association (WTA):

http://humanityplus.org/

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