This week at the Gizmodo science desk, deputy editor George Dvorsky reported on a modification to the famous Drake Equation that produces a rather sobering result about the number of extraterrestrial intelligences in our Galaxy. Health reporter Ed Cara chronicles a mysterious disease from the 1500s that vanished from history, while space reporter Passant Rabie notes the return of the sunspot cluster responsible for those incredible auroras. – George Dvorsky
Tweaked Formula on Alien Intelligence Hints That We’re Truly Alone in the Galaxy
Plus: The deadly medieval disease that vanished from history, the solar storm threat has returned, and China's spaceplane is up to something.
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