|
|
| |
|
| Biodiversity: Interview with Andrew Knoll Part I |
| Topic: Biosphere |
12/21/02 |
| Summary: Harvard's Andrew Knoll, esteemed paleontologist, and Berkeley's Norman Myers, renowned conservation biologist, published a colloquium paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last year entitled, "The Biotic Crisis and the Future of Evolution." |
|
|
|
| Charting Course: Life in the Universe |
| Topic: Missions |
11/01/02 |
| Summary: The National Academy of Sciences report entitled "Life in the Universe" highlights a top ten list of what has been found out so far about answering the big questions. |
|
|
|
| Five Year Retrospective: Mars Pathfinder |
| Topic: Mars |
09/27/02 |
| Summary: Five years ago today, on September 27, 1997, the Mars Pathfinder lander began to tally up its remarkable mission history. The excitement was non-stop beginning only 3 minutes after landing, when the first signals of success came back to rapt Earth-bound listeners. |
|
|
|
| Commitment to Life on This Earth |
| Topic: Climate |
08/09/02 |
| Summary: Among other projects, find out about archaeological research for the site of Helike, which is an ancient Greek city destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 373 BC. |
|
|
|
| Cosmic Imperative for Life? |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/02/02 |
| Summary: Life began on Earth almost as soon as it was possible, almost as soon as the intense early bombardment by asteroids and comets tapered off and a stable environment emerged. Is this evidence for a chemical inevitability for spawning biology? |
|
|
|
|
| Swords to Plowshares |
| Topic: Missions |
07/26/02 |
| Summary: Using a converted Russian ICBM missile for a solar sail launch vehicle, Cosmos Studios is embarking on a bold experiment. Read more, from a remarkable interview with Ann Druyan, the widow of renowned scientist Carl Sagan, and astrophysicist Steven Soter to create the famed television series Cosmos. |
|
|
|
|
| Internet Engagement with Space |
| Topic: Mars |
07/19/02 |
| Summary: People come to astrobiology because it addresses deep and profound questions about who are we, where are we from, and where are we going. Understand a current perspective, from a remarkable interview with Ann Druyan and astrophysicist Steven Soter. |
|
|
|
| Sagan as Teacher, as Collaborator |
| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
07/12/02 |
| Summary: The legacy of Carl Sagan's unification of both skepticism and wonder. Read more about contributions, from a remarkable interview with Ann Druyan, the widow of renowned scientist Carl Sagan, and astrophysicist Steven Soter who collaborated with Sagan over many years to create the famed television series Cosmos. |
|
|
|
|
| New Species and Understanding Earth |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/05/02 |
| Summary: Recognition of other worlds, of other ways of living, of being, of seeing, of thinking-that's regarded as a great moment in the history of our species, as great as leaving the oceans to come up on the land. |
|
|
|
| Exoplanets |
| Topic: New Planets |
06/28/02 |
| Summary: For a long time, there was a theoretical expectation that other stars have planets, that planets are common. But there was no observational evidence, because it's extremely difficult to see planets of other stars. |
|
|
|
|
|
