intelligent life
noun
: beings that can learn and understand things
looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets
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The team of researchers said the new interpretation of humanity’s origin increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The documentary uses 34 talking heads from various levels of the government, military and intelligence community to allege a deep state conspiracy covering up interactions with non-human intelligent life and technology of non-human origin going back 80 years.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In Saturation Point, Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into ‘The Zone’, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 June 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The documentary uses 34 talking heads from various levels of the government, military and intelligence community to allege a deep state conspiracy covering up interactions with non-human intelligent life and technology of non-human origin going back 80 years.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In Saturation Point, Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into ‘The Zone’, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 June 2025
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“Intelligent life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligent%20life. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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