The prospect, no matter how remote, that a space probe launched from Earth may "contaminate" another planet with Earthly microbes, is concerning some scientists, especially once technology allowing unmanned spacecraft to travel to nearby star systems is developed. However far in the future such technologies may be, it is worth thinking about the potential problem of contaminating other solar systems with Earth life, according to a new paper by Charles ... Read full entry
Do other star systems need protection from Earth life?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 29 May, 2008 to the comment subset
Cloverfield
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 22 January, 2008 to the movies subset
Cloverfield. John Molloy writes about Cloverfield at Lost At E Minor. A new kind of monster movie for our times, Cloverfield delivered a solid 75 minutes of cinema that I couldn't take my eyes off of. As a word of warning I am told that Cloverfield is not for those who are prone to motion sickness.
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