The Mars Society is pleased to announce that renowned astro-biochemist Dr. Steven Benner will deliver a plenary talk at the 2026 International Mars Society Convention, taking place October 22–24 at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. During his presentation, Dr. Benner will discuss his provocative new book, Meet the Neighbors, which revisits NASA’s Viking missions and argues that the only spacecraft ever sent specifically to search for extant Martian life may actually have detected it. Drawing on… READ MORE >
Topic Area: Biochemistry
The Mars Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Benner, a renowned biochemist known for his pioneering work in synthetic biology, dynamic combinatorial chemistry, and paleo-molecular biology, will deliver a plenary address at the 27th Annual International Mars Society Convention in Seattle this August. His talk, titled “Strategies for Life to Survive on the Near Surface of Mars – Indigenous and Human,” promises to be one of the highlights of the event. Dr. Benner, a Distinguished Fellow at the… READ MORE >