How to prevent interplanetary pandemics

http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/how-to-prevent-interplanetary-pandemics/

/ planetary benefit analysis /

The latest green energy solution: slime

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/02/latest-green-energy-solution-slime/49108/

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Microbes found thriving in volcanic Mars-like habitat

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/12/-microbes-found-thriving-in-volcanic-mars-like-habitat-1.html