1 00:00:05,749 --> 00:00:03,350 hi this is julina vacava presenting 2 00:00:07,670 --> 00:00:05,759 claire bianda's astrobiology outreach 3 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:07,680 tour science fiction 4 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:09,760 that is useful for education and 5 00:00:14,870 --> 00:00:12,240 outreach especially because using 6 00:00:16,790 --> 00:00:14,880 narrative helps knowledge acquisition 7 00:00:19,109 --> 00:00:16,800 and learning motivation 8 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:19,119 so at the european astrology institute 9 00:00:24,310 --> 00:00:21,760 we have released an e-book anthology 10 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:24,320 strangest of all last year it has been 11 00:00:28,470 --> 00:00:26,560 downloaded several thousand times and 12 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:28,480 used in classrooms 13 00:00:33,910 --> 00:00:30,880 and it contains science fiction stories 14 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:33,920 accompanied by science essays 15 00:00:39,670 --> 00:00:36,800 next year we are continuing the project 16 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:39,680 with lives beyond us a larger print and 17 00:00:45,910 --> 00:00:43,440 ebook anthology of 28 stories and 28 18 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:45,920 essays by astrobiologists 19 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:48,000 on topics ranging from exoplanet 20 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:49,360 detection 21 00:00:55,029 --> 00:00:51,840 uh to the future of seti 22 00:00:57,270 --> 00:00:55,039 and we aim to use it to increase 23 00:00:59,430 --> 00:00:57,280 interest in science especially 24 00:01:02,869 --> 00:00:59,440 astrobiology 25 00:01:03,590 --> 00:01:02,879 science fiction is extremely useful 26 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:03,600 for 27 00:01:09,030 --> 00:01:06,400 teaching astrobiology to both pupils and