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Ice Diary 7: Summer Christmas
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
04/03/03 |
| The Ice Diary series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. The diary entries provide a personal tour of a recent expedition, with all the immediacy of being there. |
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Extreme Lifeforms: Nothing to Sneeze At
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
04/02/03 |
| With more than 3500 viruses classified, a great mystery still remains as to whether they are alive at all. For examples like polio and rhinovirus, they present the only known examples of self-replication without using DNA for code storage. |
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Ice Diary 6: Contacting The Mother Pod
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/27/03 |
| The Ice Diary series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. The team reports back on the first 214 meteorites, and their daily discovery record of 45 finds. |
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Ghost Hunters
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/25/03 |
| A recent expedition to Australia followed the trail of the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Astrobiology Magazine had the opportunity to interview one of the expedition participants, New York-based artist, Alexis Rockman, as he reflected on global biodiversity. |
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Small World
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/24/03 |
| A discovery from the early 1990s continues to be controversial today. Are the tiny, mineralized particles called nanobacteria the world's smallest organisms or mere crystal growth? Skeptics remain unconvinced that nanobacteria are alive, but nanobacteria researchers say evidence in their favor is mounting. |
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Ice Diary 5: MacAlpine Hills or Bust
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/20/03 |
| The Ice Diary series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. The diary entries provide a personal tour of a recent expedition, with all the immediacy of being there. |
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Ice Diary 4: The Hunt Begins
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/13/03 |
| The Ice Diary series explore the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. This week's chroniclers get whipped by the Kabatics: frigid air that sinks over the Antarctic continent. |
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Ice Diary 3: Cheer for Team Meteorite
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/06/03 |
| The Ice Diary series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. This week's chronicle highlights the food, history and ecosystem of their southern astronomical window on the universe. |
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Ice Diary 2: Great Scott, A Ghost
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
02/27/03 |
| The "Ice Diary" series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters. The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Smithsonian collect and curate extraterrestrial samples scoured from the South Pole. In this chronicle, our explorers consider ghosts of pioneer trekkers like Robert Scott. |
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Ice Diary I: Shooting Stars on Ice
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
02/19/03 |
| The "Ice Diary" series explores the adventures of a dedicated group of meteor hunters at the South Pole. During the season when the sun never sets, this expedition series follows their quest step-by-step, as they chase astrobiology's most precious stones: the Martian samples. |
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