g ABODES - Scientists are expanding the search for extraterrestrial life - and they've set their sights on some very unearthly planets. See article.
g LIFE - Deep inside the Frasassi cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the Earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water, according to a team of Penn State researchers. See article.
g INTELLIGENCE - Our eyes constantly flit around, but rather than producing a shaky image like that in a jostled video camera, we perceive a coherent scene. The mechanism behind our steady view has mystified scientists for decades. Now researchers have identified what could be the brain circuit responsible. See article. Note: This article is from 2007.
g MESSAGE - Finding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is not out of the question, but it may not happen in our lifetimes. See article.
g COSMICUS - Nearly 40 years after the U.S. flag was planted on the moon, a global rush to the final frontier has some pondering property rights out there. See article.
g IMAGINING - Like first contact stories? Then be sure to read Jack McDevitt's novel, The Hercules Text, published by Ace in 1986.
g AFTERMATH - An Outside Context Problem or an OCP is any problem outside given organization or society experience, with an immediate, ubiquitous and lasting impact upon an entire culture or civilization - such as first contact with extraterrestrials. See article.
