High resolution NASA photos of Mars show evidence of ancient lakes and shallow seas. Why is this important? Because these are perfect places to discover fossils. In 1996, what may be microfossils were discovered in a Martian meteorite that had fallen to earth, giving scientists hope that more evidence of past Martian life can be found.
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‘Sticky stuff’ that police say they found covering a family?s home, car and yard in Fruit Cove, Florida on November 13 has health experts baffled.
Police officials say they don?t know what to make of the incident and neither does the homeowner, Margaret Anderson. The only possible connection was a helicopter that flew near the home a few days earlier.
“We don?t know it was spray for sure, but it covered the back yard and front yard,” she said. “Whether the two things are connected, we don?t know?This was a pretty heavy coverage of some kind of substance. It was really strange. It was total coverage on the cars, grass, shrubs and back deck.”
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A Special Report from Anne Strieber
I knew it! An Associated Press story from November 29, 2000 says that men really do listen with only half their brains.
In a study of 10 men and 10 women, brain scans showed that only the left sides of men?s brains lit up when listening, while women used both halves of their temporal lobes. The left side of the brain is associated with listening and speech, while the right side is used for understanding abstract concepts.
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UPI, London Daily Mail – Scientists in Wales have discovered a tiny form of life that may have been dropped into Earth?s atmosphere by a passing comet. Researchers say that in the filter of a high-flying balloon, operated by the Indian Space Research Organization, they found a strain of bacteria unlike anything on earth. The bacteria were found at an altitude of ten miles and scientists at Cardiff University say it may have come from a comet on an approach to Earth. Professor Charles Wickramasinghe said the discovery marked “the first time we have had direct evidence for the hypothesis that comets seed life on other planets.
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