Alexander Zaitsev, chief scientist at the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, disagrees.

ECONOMIST: An argument over whether to send messages to aliens

China Open Resources for Education is a consortium of universities that began with 26 International Engineering Technology (IET) Educational Foundation member universities and 44 China Radio and TV universities.

UNESCO: Open Educational Resources

In his series of five lectures - airing on Radio Four throughout April - Lord Broers, who is president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, explores the idea that technology holds the key to the future of the human race.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Lecture highlights need to share

In the last two years National Public Radio has held six "Serendipity Days" in which about 50 employees from different departments, including digital, engineering, HR and news, volunteer to come together and think of new ideas and projects over a two-day period.

WSJ: The Science of Serendipity in the Workplace