August 3, 2018 updates Posted on August 13, 2018June 28, 2020 by Doug Loss Searching for E.T.: A Universal Units Proposal http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2018.71.43 Computing the Minimal Crew for a multi-generational space journey towards Proxima b http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2018.71.45 Worldship Ethics: Obligations to the Crew http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2018.71.53 The Social Dynamics of Science, Exoplanetary Environments and the Drake Equation http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2018.71.65 The Global Catastrophic Risks http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2018.71.71 Planet Formation: An Optimized Population-Synthesis Approach https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03293 ALES: Overview and Upgrades https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03301 The Planetary Systems Imager: 2-5 Micron Channel https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03304 New transit timing observations for GJ 436 b, HAT-P-3 b, HAT-P-19 b, WASP-3 b, and XO-2 b https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03306 MEAD: Data Reduction Pipeline for ALES Integral Field Spectrograph and LBTI Thermal Infrared Calibration Unit https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03356