The next time a "Wow!" Signal comes from space — and the science community begins chattering about aliens — there's an updated scale available to help you decide whether to listen to them. Called the Rio Scale 2.0, it's a measure of how close a piece of scientific research comes to finding alien life. The higher the mark, the more you should pay attention.
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Written by
Elizabeth Howell
August 9, 2018
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