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...Christopher McKay, in an article in this week's Science, suggests the need for a stronger policy that ensures all exploration of Mars be "biologically reversible" - meaning we would be required to effectively wipe away our footprints and remove any possibility of contamination, by leaving behind nothing that could foster alien microbial growth. Such a policy would be especially necessary if we discover that life on Mars has emerged independently of life on Earth - what McKay calls a "second genesis" - as opposed to Martian life that arose through the exchange of meteorites between Mars and a hospitable Earth, a condition...
...Other notables included John Krasinski’s (“The Office”) adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men,” entitled “Sin Nombre.” Krasinski directed and stars in the film, which follows an ex-gang member as he tries to escape Central America into the U.S. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
...chopper in mid-air on a sunny day over Flagstaff, Arizona, killing seven. Even though the second crash did not fit the pattern, pilots experiencing emergencies when they hit low visibility - which is called "unplanned transition to Instrument Flight Rules" in industry parlance - "is a common theme," says Brian Foster, Air Methods' director of operations...
...technologies that track flight progress and weather. Air Methods will spend another $30 million training its pilots to use the new systems, plus $1 million a year to equip and staff an operational control center that monitors all flights. "We're going above and beyond what the rules require," Foster says...
...Americans feared the decline of their country’s economic prowess to the increasing power of Japan, Nye emphasized the importance of viewing Japan not as a rival, but as an important national security ally. Over the years, Nye has coauthored a number of reports that helped to foster U.S. relations with Japan...