Showing posts with label Exobiology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exobiology. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Great Red Petri Dish?....Or is this April 1st?



Have you guys heard of this? Hard to believe that The Sun would be where we would first hear of this.....

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Pitcairn, FCPs St. Helena, Awaits







Not so bad, guys. Look, it has [1] Commanding heights [2] Great sea views [3] The famous one roomed Pitcairn University, where AI could teach math, JJ could teach physics and chemistry, MFT could teach history, I could do the Portuguese thing and be the gardener [4] Whacky Nawlin's Babe moments [This just for Le Pew, when he visits] [5] Gorgeous triumphalist architecture. [6] A history of unabashed anti-authoritarianism.....
Life is Good!

Friday, June 27, 2008

Strange Brew....





First time I'd heard of this. Had you heard this before?

Anyway, here is the abstract from the the Astro&Space Sci. article. Certainly not the usual place to see "crank" science.
"Abstract A red rain phenomenon occurred in Kerala, India starting from 25th July 2001, in which the rainwater appeared coloured in various localized places that are spread over a few hundred kilometers in Kerala. Maximum cases were reported during the first 10 days and isolated cases were found to occur for about 2 months. The striking red colouration of the rainwater was found to be due to the suspension of microscopic red particles having the appearance of biological cells. These particles have no similarity with usual desert dust. An estimated minimum quantity of 50,000 kg of red particles has fallen from the sky through red rain. An analysis of this strange phenomenon further shows that the conventional atmospheric transport processes like dust storms etc. cannot explain this phenomenon. The electron microscopic study of the red particles shows fine cell structure indicating their biological cell like nature. EDAX analysis shows that the major elements present in these cell like particles are carbon and oxygen. Strangely, a test for DNA using Ethidium Bromide dye fluorescence technique indicates absence of DNA in these cells. In the context of a suspected link between a meteor airburst event and the red rain, the possibility for the extraterrestrial origin of these particles from cometary fragments is discussed.