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When The Subject of extraterrestrials comes up in polite conversation, any sci- entist whose lonely life's work is listening for distant radio signals often has to deal with what Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute calls the "giggle factor." And to be fair, amid a backdrop of The X-Files and The Twilight Zone and conspiracy nuts convinced the Air Force has aliens on ice in Area 51-not to men- ti…