"IF LIFE is to be found beyond our home planet, then our closest encounters with it may come in the dark abyss of some extraterrestrial sea. For Earth is certainly not the only ocean-girdled world in our solar system. As many as five moons of Jupiter and Saturn are now thought to hide seas beneath their icy crusts."
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"Artificially generated black holes could provide us with the power to make inter-solar travel a possibility. New research shows how strapping a black hole to your starship might just give you the juice to get to Alpha Centauri."
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Judging by how quickly Europa's surface ice is replenished, Richard Greenberg estimates that enough oxygen reaches the subterranean ocean to sustain "macrofauna" -- more complex, animal-like organisms.
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"Email marketing is a great way to market your business, stay on the minds of prospects and connect with your clients. In earlier posts, I outlined some of the benefits of email marketing, shared examples of some of the information you can send out, and provided a list of email marketing services to help streamline your efforts. But how do you get started building a list? This is probably the most important element of an email marketing campaign, and it can directly determine how successful you are. If you aren't currently collecting addresses either through a sign-up form on your web site, or in a different manner, building a list should be one of your first steps. Here are some things to keep in mind as you get started."
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From the page: "I only watch a handful of the 200+ DirecTV channels I pay for. To see whether I could survive without the pricey service, I simply went without it. I soon wondered why we all don't just turn off traditional TV."
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From the page: "A 10- to 20-megawatt VASIMR engine could propel human missions to Mars in just 39 days, whereas conventional rockets would take six months or more. The shorter the trip, the less time astronauts would be exposed to space radiation, which is a significant hurdle for Mars missions."
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From the page: "It's a reminder that we're not even a Type I civilization - on the old Kardashev scale, a Type I civilization was the lowest rank on the interstellar ladder, a group who had harnessed the entire energy output of one planet. We don't. We waste massive quantities of the energy we have to cancel out other huge fractions of the same energy wasted by other groups."
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