Episode
VICE: Printing Tomorrow/Are We Alone?
Overview
Krishna Andavolu delves into the cutting-edge world of 3D-printing, meeting the scientists and entrepreneurs pushing the boundaries of manufacturing, material science, and even space exploration. Scientists are closer than ever to finding life beyond Earth so VICE sent Nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson to explore one of our civilization's most haunting questions: Are we alone?
Details
- Series
- VICE
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2018-06-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Printing Tomorrow/Are We Alone? is Episode 8 in Season 6 of VICE. It aired on 2018-06-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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