David Attenborough turned 100 last week — and his oldest argument against space exploration is the same conclusion most astronauts come home with (opens in new tab)

In October 1980, on Ireland’s Late Late Show, Gay Byrne asked David Attenborough what he made of the search for life beyond Earth. Attenborough was 54 then, well into what would become a seven-decade broadcasting career, and the answer he gave is now in the RTÉ archives. He said the only place a human being […]