The Drake Equation is famous for its endeavor to determine the number of intelligent, communicating, perhaps space-faring, civilizations. But what about just life? Microbial mats. Little green people wielding clubs and wearing bug carapaces like so many animal skins. David Kipping's latest submission to the
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences tackles that question by asking the question, "What if we re-ran the clock on Earth? Would life arise again?" An interesting, science-fictional thought experiment with some provocative conclusions. In less uplifting news,
The Sun Has Gone Into Lockdown And That May Be Bad News For Earth according to Paul "Mack Daddy" Seaburn. Might we be in for a new ice age, or will the sun merely mitigate the damage humans have done against the atmosphere? (CS)
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