Of all the questions in science, few have haunted humans as persistently as this: Are we alone? For more than 50 years, scientists at SETI, now based in Mountain View, have listened for a signal from intelligent life on other planets -- and heard nothing. Now, they're running short of funds. Is it time to give up?
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