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...Mars too could be home to similarly hearty subsurface life forms, as could two of Jupiter's other moons, Ganymede and Callisto. If the discovery here on Earth of tough little organisms living miles below ground, frozen in polar ice and hanging on in the broiling waters of deep-sea vents indicates anything, it's that biology emerges in very improbable places. The most remarkable thing we may come to conclude about 581c is that whatever secrets it holds may not be that remarkable...
...head to Quiapo, where I wade through a sea of stalls selling bootleg DVDs and used electronics, pirated porn and secondhand bridal gowns. Exotic fare abounds, but I opt for a simple treat from childhood: a bananacue, or banana speared with a skewer, caramelized in deep-fried sugar. As I savor the sweet, sticky snack, I listen to a sermon blasted from a loudspeaker by a church decorated like a pastel Easter egg; in front of me is a row of old women selling religious figurines along with herbal potions that claim to do everything from curing coughs to terminating...
...also drew large crowds from Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and Tufts University. The fundraiser produced one of the largest student turnouts in Obama’s campaign so far, according to Reid H. Cherlin, press secretary for Obama’s New Hampshire campaign. Gazing into the sea of college students—some wearing “Obama” t-shirts or holding up “Obama ’08” signs—the senator called on students to join his campaign. “I can?...
...Misha wishes for detachment from Russia, so when his visa to return to America is denied because of his father’s illegal activities, he travels to Absurdistan, a place Shteyngart describes as “an oil-rich former Soviet republic on the shores of the Caspian Sea which is at this point governed by Halliburton.” Shteyngart drew inspiration from his travels throughout the former Soviet Union, and in particular, by a place he visited in his childhood.“When I was growing up in Leningrad, we would go down to Georgia...
...Yeah, I expect to swim in a sea of universal love all the time and when I’m not in that sea I get upset...