The Future is Closer Than You Think

Guardian reports that a top Russian astronomer says he expects humans to encounter extraterrestrial civilizations within the next two decades.

He seems to think they'll resemble humans, though, which I find highly unlikely. As the story Eleanor loves to recount about biologist J. B. S. Haldane's answer to the question, "What has your study of biology taught you about the creator." God is inordinately fond of beetles. Personally, I expect we'll find bugs and viruses and microbes. Bipeds?

Maybe. IF they have funny ridges on their foreheads like on New Gen.