Double dose of sci-fi fact on /. today. First up, evidence for the existence of a salt water ocean under the surface of Europa. Not a very good discussion, so maybe click right to this UKTimes piece that was the original source of the story. Contact creeps closer. And secondly, a team of Australian biologists is preparing to clone the Tasmanian tiger. It's been extinct for 70 years. Probably best to skip the troll/slashbot wars on that one too, and jump right to the MSNBC story. And if you like these sorts of cloning, space exploration, search for extraterestrial life stories, let me once again plug the incredible sci-fi book Diaspora, by Greg Egan.
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- jim 8-25-2000 2:47 pm