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...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 in which the two planets would share a tree of life and contamination would be less of a concern. If there really were a second genesis on Mars, "contamination by even one Earth bacterium may be a serious issue of environmental ethics," McKay writes. We only have to look back at the damage that invasive species have inflicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Bringing Our Germs to Mars? | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...cheaper than a pair of sneakers. You're not confined to the foibles of your ancestors, but it helps to understand your place in the world if you can look at your family tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...ranging from colonics--water-injection enemas that literally flush out your system--to Calgon-take-me-away treatments meant to detach you from financial worries, family, work and other sources of stress. There are also thousands of do-it-yourselfers who swear by those detoxing foot pads, which use tree vinegars, tourmaline and reflexology to allegedly stimulate acupuncture points in the feet. This helps the lymphatic system drain pollutants down to and out of the feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detox, Shmeetox | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...also eager to blast money into the economy quickly, attract bipartisan support and let Congress work its will. So it's not clear how hard he'll push to fund his long-term agenda. But he should ignore the partisan gripes that the stimulus is becoming a "Christmas tree." Congress is about to toss almost $1 trillion into the economy, which means that any stimulus is going to be a Christmas tree, no matter where the gifts are hidden. And in November, the U.S. chose its Santa. This is his best chance to decide who gets the goodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spend the Stimulus | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

This is about as far as you can get from the world's boutique chocolate shops. I'm hiking through dense, rain-forest-like vegetation near Venezuela's central coast, shooing away mosquitoes and unsuccessfully dodging spiky palm trees. And yet, as a full-fledged chocoholic, I don't mind: I'm about to find the world's best cacao. A couple more meters down the trail, I see it. Not an especially tall tree, nothing majestic--just the bearer of the divine criollo bean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Choroní: The World's Best Chocolate | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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