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----- Original Message ----- From: Astrobiology Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:34 AM Subject: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine Deception Point http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1177.html Bestselling author, Dan Brown, has concocted a tale for astrobiologists called "Deception Point". But how can one separate facts from fiction? Consider the scientific possibilities of dissecting a meteorite full of insect-like fossils. Astronaut's View of Mars http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1176.html Looking at Mars as if viewed outside an airplane window offers a remarkably clear picture of what other planets might offer for future landers. The high resolution images from Mars Express continue to survey the largest canyon in our solar system. How Life First Bubbled Up http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1175.html If evolution is viewed as a battle of the fittest, it becomes possible to imagine a battle even at the chemical level for what might ultimately act as a single cell. In what biochemists might term, the battle of the bubbles, competition for encapsulating a protocell has some new contestants. Eye Through the Hurricane http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1174.html Planet-scale storms are best seen from far away, preferably from orbit. Hurricane Frances is no exception, but terrestrial storms are nothing compared to what shapes Saturn, the windiest place in our solar system. Monday, September 06 ------------------------ For more astrobiology news, visit http://www.astrobio.net To unsubscribe, send subject UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED]