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Contact

Catherine and John recorded this while sitting on the hood of their convertable and listening to the stars on headphones.

Show Notes

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the 1997 movie "Contact".

Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, Contact explores what would happen if humanity were to receive a message from an extraterrestrial civilization.

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