g ABODES - NASA's Viking landers may have detected the ingredients for life on Mars after all, according to a new study. See article.
g LIFE - Three-dimensional X-ray scanning equipment is being used to help chart the evolution of flight in birds, by digitally reconstructing the size of bird brains using ancient fossils and modern bird skulls. See article.
g MESSAGE - Although the title of "Aliens: Can We Make Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence?" by Andrew J. H. Clark, David H. Clark, may conjure up visions of "The X-Files," this sensible book has more affinity with the movie "Contact." Above all, it is a plea for continued support of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, presently conducted as the privately funded Project Phoenix due to the withdrawal of government backing. Although readers of other major books on this subject, such as the classic "Are We Alone?" by Paul Davies or the more recent "Probability One," will be familiar with much of the material here, this is a solid primer for those new to the actual science involved in current efforts to find ETI. See reviews.
g COSMICUS - There's been some pushing and shoving lately to establish a global "Code of Conduct" for outer space - a protection clause for various international factions keen on preventing nefarious actions by others in the final frontier. See article.
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