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»» Astrobiology Meets the Video Game: Spore
[Tuesday, May 6, 2008] The Astrobiology-based game by Electronic Arts is described as "an epic journey that takes you from the origin and evolution of life through the development of civilization and technology, eventually all the way into the deepest reaches of outer space."
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»» Laser experiments offer insight into evolution of gas giants
[Wednesday, April 30, 2008] By shooting the high-energy Omega laser onto precompressed samples of planetary fluids, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the evolution and internal structure of Jupiter, Saturn and extrasolar giant planets.
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»» Like Martian Water for Chocolate
[Tuesday, April 29, 2008] If you smacked a frozen chocolate bar on a table, it would break into bite-size pieces resembling the terrain in this Martian crater.
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»» Scientists make chemical cousin of DNA for use as new nanotechnology building block
[Tuesday, April 29, 2008] In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust.
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»» Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check
[Tuesday, April 29, 2008] A study published in the advance online edition of Nature Geoscience links the pre-human stability to connections between carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the breakdown of minerals in the Earth's crust.
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»» NASA's 50th Anniversary Lecture By Professor Stephen Hawking
[Monday, April 28, 2008] "DR. HAWKING: Spreading out into space will have an even greater effect. It will completely change the future of the human race and maybe determine whether we have any future at all."
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»» Glaciers Reveal Martian Climate Has Been Recently Active
[Wednesday, April 23, 2008] Brown University researchers have found compelling evidence of thick, recurring glaciers on Mars, a discovery that suggests that the Red Planet's climate was much more dynamic than previously believed - and could change again.
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»» Taking the plunge - Space robot headed for test in Antarctic lake
[Monday, April 21, 2008] Nicknamed ENDURANCE, for Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtartic Explorer, the $2.3 million project will send an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to Lake Bonney for two field seasons, beginning in November 2008.
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»» McGill High Arctic Research Station (MARS) Status Report - Dale Andersen: 16 April 2008
[Wednesday, April 16, 2008] "Here are a few more pictures and words for you regarding the CSA/McGill University Satellite system here at the CSA camp at Expedition Fiord on Axel Heiberg."
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»» Is there anybody out there?
[Wednesday, April 16, 2008] Is there anybody out there? Probably not, according to a scientist from the University of East Anglia. A mathematical model produced by Prof Andrew Watson suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low.
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