Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities undertaken to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. SETI projects use scientific methods in this search. For example, electromagnetic radiation is monitored for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other worlds.^[2] Some of the most well-known projects are run by Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, or the SETI Institute. In 1995, the United States federal government ceased funding to SETI projects, forcing them to turn to private funding to continue the search, though in recent years, the government funding of SETI has resumed at modest levels.^[3]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
• Page 300 - Kaku, M., 2014, he Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, Doubleday, New York, 367p.