Word: solarization
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...solar system suddenly appears to be a surprisingly wet place, according to new findings by the Cassini space probe orbiting Saturn. Last week NASA released images of water-crystal geysers spouting from Saturn's bright-white moon Enceladus. The water probably comes from shallowly buried deposits, warmed by gravitational pulses from Saturn itself and various passing moons. Cassini also discovered carbon-based molecules in the vicinity of Enceladus. Water, warmth and carbon are key ingredients in the recipe for life. Whether Enceladus does--or even could--harbor biology is one more thing for the hearty Cassini to investigate...
...recently elected leftist heads of state; seven more Latin presidential elections are slated for this year, and leftist candidates are given a strong chance of winning as many as six of them. ?Hopefully, Arias can be a counterbalance against the leftist movements springing up in South America,? says Lynda Solar, vice president of the American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America...
...since 1996 has placed three rovers on the surface of the planet and two other ships in orbit around it, with a third orbiter set to arrive next week. Scrapping the Europa mission would be an even greater failure of imagination since the Jovian moon is widely considered the solar system's most tantalizing extraterrestrial place, with what may be a warm, salty, organic ocean churning beneath a relatively thin rind of water ice. Life not only could exist there but, to hear at least some exobiologists tell it, it should...
...employee No. 20 and the first female engineer and now manages innovation in the search field. Several times a week, she holds university-style office hours, during which her charges come by with questions about projects in development. Mayer greets them at her desk, which is cluttered with solar-powered bobble heads and other Japanese toys. Depending on the problem, she may serve as editor, designer, coder or friend. At a session a few weeks ago, a procession of earnest young men and women arrived to discuss projects they hoped would win her approval and, eventually, Brin's and Page...
...European divisions, and last year Ford lured a hot hand from Chrysler, Freeman Thomas. At Chrysler, he sketched the initial concept for the 300 sedan, one of Chrysler's biggest hits in a decade. At Ford, Thomas has already won praise for a concept car, the Reflex, featuring solar panels, butterfly doors and internal insulation made of recycled Nike shoes. "Bill [Ford] has come out and said, 'We're going to do more compelling and emotional design,' and he's sent that message internally," says J Mays, group vice president of design. "That's taken the shackles off and allows...