News, Research and Announcements

News, Research and Announcements for January 2008
31 January 2008 Galactic wi-fi? Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers The environmental impact of a return to the Moon Will Earth survive when the Sun becomes a red giant? 29 January 2008 Asteroid zooms by Earth 28 January 2008 Life on frosted Earths NASA uses vertical treadmill to improve astronaut health in space 25 January 2008 No humanoid on Mars, just rocks "Telepathic" genes recognise similarities in each other Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater 24 January 2008 Astrobiologists to convene at AbSciCon 2008 Complete chemical synthesis, assembly, and cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium genome Killer space rock theory is soaking wet Venter institute scientists create first synthetic bacterial genome 23 January 2008 HiRISE camera details dynamic wind action on Mars Stardust comet dust resembles asteroid materials 22 January 2008 Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say 21 January 2008 Life from the Abyss (Interview with Nigel Mason) 18 January 2008 Recovering from a mass extinction 17 January 2008 NAI Newsletter 16 January 2008 Astronomers could detect oceans on extrasolar planets No alien signal 14 January 2008 The return of the blob… as a robot 11 January 2008 Red dwarfs have teeny tiny habitable zones 10 January 2008 Astrobiology 101: where teachers are the students Circumstellar dust takes flight in "The Moth" Second “Evolution Matters” lecture focuses on genetic patterns of embryos, kinship among species 9 January 2008 Astronomers are first to successfully predict extra-solar planet Earth: a borderline planet for life? Two unusual older stars giving birth to second wave of planets When worlds collide: Have astronomers observed the aftermath of a distant planetary collision? 8 January 2008 A snapshot of NASA's science plans New risk to Earth found in supernova explosions 7 January 2008 In search for water on Mars, clues from Antarctic Russia's mock Mars mission to cost $15 million 4 January 2008 Looking forward to 2008 3 January 2008 4 years on Mars: Rovers continue to amaze Asteroid's martian impact: what might happen Red dust in planet-forming disk may harbor precursors to life 2 January 2008 Astrobiology top 10: (1) Astronomers find habitable Earth-like planet Insect attack may have been death knell for dinosaurs Scientists find missing evolutionary link using tiny fungus crystal SETI@home looking for more volunteers 1 January 2008 Astrobiology top 10: (2) Phoenix takes flight Eucaryotic diversity in a hypersaline microbial mat SciAm 50

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