New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our Universe and beyond

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe - and in any hypothetical ones beyond it - can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation. 

Alien Civilizations May Be Trapped on Their Home Worlds

Spanish professor argues that that water or other liquid-dwelling aliens, as well as civilizations on super-Earths, may actually be trapped on their planets due to "physical limitations".