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...rovers won't be especially good at addressing the question people ask most: Is there now, or might there ever have been, life on Mars? The devices can make inferences, looking for evidence of water or iron. And if the microscopic imager sent back a picture of a microbial fossil, that would settle the question. But even NASA acknowledges that when it comes to searching for life, the Europeans have the edge this time. The esa probe comes in two parts: an orbiter that will stay aloft to conduct atmospheric studies and a lander that will descend to the surface...
...commercial-sized installations within the next five years, the cost of producing electricity for the national grid would be about €.05 per kilowatt - slightly more than gas or coal at current prices, but about the same as wind power. Perhaps the tide is finally starting to turn on fossil fuel consumption...
...truth, falls short of immaculate. The old, large cooling towers, which look like nuclear power plants, spoil the view for kilometers around, and the energy production leaves a sulfuric smell in the air. Still, it is safe compared to nuclear power, hardly pollutes the air, and doesn't consume fossil fuel. A new generation of plants with sleeker design, and chemists' efforts to reduce the odor problem, may help. For Enel, which is among the world leaders in renewable energy, sights are now set beneath the surface for steam generation in such far-flung locations as Bolivia, Tibet, the Philippines...
While Beltway types often dismiss Byrd as a fossil, his anachronistic style is bracing, especially at a time when the Republican-led Senate is considering revamping the filibuster rules to smooth the path of Bush's judicial nominees. Like anyone who has seen Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Byrd knows the filibuster can be used for good and for ill and is better left alone. "It may irritate us. It may irk us, but it's stood the test of time," Byrd declares. He could well be talking about himself...
...year-old, Jan Hrebejk was an enthusiastic fossil hunter who fantasized about time travel and scoured abandoned quarries. Now 35, Hrebejk has traded his geology hammer for a camera, and become an accomplished director with four acclaimed features and an Oscar nomination. Since his latest film, Pupendo, opened March 27, it has become the Czech Republic's top-grossing movie since 1989, pulling in an estimated $2.2 million at the box office in its first seven weeks. But deep down, the Prague native remains the amateur paleontologist of his childhood. Today, he travels in time through his movies...