Our search for alien life is fueled by wonder, writes astrobiologist Charles Cockell. Courtesy of NASA. This piece publishes alongside the Zócalo/Experience ASU event 'How Should We Prepare for Aliens to Arrive on Earth?' tomorrow, Tuesday, September 27, at 7PM PDT. Register to attend in-person or online here. The most memorable taxi ride of my life occurred when I stepped into a cab driven by a man named John, back in 2016. We fell into a conversation about our lines of work. He told me how much he enjoyed his job.

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