In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers […]
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Bacteria Sent Into Space Behave in Mysterious Ways
Colonies of bacteria grown aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis behaved in ways never before observed on Earth, according to a new NASA-funded study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. […]
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Dale Andersen’s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Album Volume 1
Editor’s note: This is a revised version of the original website that was first posted – from Antarctica – in 1996.