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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an appearance at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, Steven Spielberg revealed his own feelings about intelligent life ...

Ever since physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the concept in 1960, the "Dyson sphere" has been the holy grail of techno-signature hunters. A highly advanced civilization could build a "sphere" (or ...