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----- Original Message ----- From: Astrobiology Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 5:33 AM Subject: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine Moved by Science in Motion http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1441.html Al Diaz is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate of NASA - meaning the highest official solely focused on science at NASA. On the day after the successful landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan, Diaz talked about astrobiology's central role within NASA. The Wrinkles of Youth http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1440.html Many of Saturn's more interesting moons are crusted with ice. The moons are often too small for a radioactive core and internal heating. The bizarre wrinkled surface on one of the moons, Enceladus, may reveal a geologically young age. Piranha to Petunia http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1439.html If it's pretty easy to spot different species in the human-scale part of the plant and animal kingdoms. But a new study shows that species differences aren't so clear, at least as currently measured, when it comes to microscopic bacteria. Was Life Wasted on the Young? http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1438.html Did life shape the early Earth, or did the early Earth shape life? The choice may be a false dichotomy, but living without light, water or oxygen gave the earliest microbes a limited menu to order their lives around. Monday, February 14 ------------------------ For more astrobiology news, visit http://www.astrobio.net To unsubscribe, send subject UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED]