A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.

A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.

A stylised picture shows Avi Loeb.Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIAvi Loeb is looking for alien tech on Earth, drawing ire from his colleagues. The Harvard professor's research is bankrolled by tech tycoons "pissed off" at academia's dogma. Some critics say Loeb is overreaching for public acclaim.Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb thinks it's time for the scientific community to get over its bias against UFOs.In the past few years, the renega…

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb believes it is time for scientists to overcome the prejudices that accompany theories about the existence of extraterrestrials.