g Stars - Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have devised a plasma experiment that shows how huge long, thin jets of material shoot out from exotic astrophysical objects such as young stars, black holes and galactic nuclei. See article.
g Abodes - The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has snapped an image of a modest ice lake on the Red Planet. See article.
g Life - A new study in the August 2005 issue of The American Naturalist investigates a game-theoretical model in which females gain a direct benefit by multiple mating from the paternal care they elicit for their offspring. See article.
g Intelligence - Love and friendship may have genetic roots, according to a study in twins that suggests DNA has a strong influence who individuals marry and pal around with. See article.
g Message - Could intelligent beings in another solar system have hidden their sun by knocking their planets apart and using the pieces to build a hollow ball around their sun? For more on “Dyson Spheres,” see article.
g Cosmicus - A space station harvest relieves crew's minds and appetites. See article.
g Learning - Here’s a neat classroom activity: “Gamma Ray Bursts”: Sing the “Gamma Ray Rap” in this set of lessons and activities about gamma ray bursts, one of the most puzzling mysteries of astrophysics today. See article.
g Imagining - Like stories about alien biologies and environments? Scour your used bookstore for Hal Clement’s “Mission of Gravity” (1953).
g Aftermath - Some of the best discussion of the consequences of alien contact occurs in science fiction. Here’s a novel that ranks among the most important in that dialogue: Arthur C. Clark’s “Songs of a Distant Earth.” Look for it at your library or local used book store.
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