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From SETI Institute: Every day is "Earth Day"
From SETI Institute: Every day is "Earth Day"
SETI Observer May 2004 Dear SETI Enthusiast, Every day is "Earth Day" at the SETI Institute. Searching for life beyond Earth inherently requires searching for "life as we understand it". Thus, one aspect of our research involves a keen focus on Earth as a point of reference. To understand other worlds we must first comprehend our own world. Knowing that Earth is one small part of an enormous universe that may be ripe with biology is a powerful driver, unifying disparate fields under the umbrella of astrobiology. Whether the field is SETI and the researcher is Dr. Jill Tarter, or the project is humpback whale communication and the researcher is Dr. Laurance Doyle, Institute scientists are concerned with their terrestrial home. I invite you to learn more about some of the remarkable people of the SETI Institute as you explore the links offered through the SETI Observer. Thomas Pierson CEO, SETI Institute ----------------------------------------------------------- Time Magazine's Top 100 We've often said our scientists are world leaders, and recently, TIME magazine formally acknowledged Dr. Jill Tarter as such, naming her one of their Top 100 most influential and important people in the world. Read the story at http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/15/tarter/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Special Tribute to Jill Tarter Hear what those who work with Jill Tarter have to say about their colleague in a special edition of Voices http://www.seti.org/about_us/voices/...me_top_100.php ----------------------------------------------------------- Signal Processing What can signal processing do to help humpback whales in Glacier Bay Alaska? Learn about the work of the SETI Institute's Dr. Laurance Doyle, who is using his signal processing expertise in studies of an endangered terrestrial marine mammal. Read more at http://publish.seti.org/general/articles.php?id=174 ----------------------------------------------------------- The Day After Tomorrow: Wrong Planet? As the heavy-duty new Hollywood film, The Day After Tomorrow washes over Manhattan, not to mention theaters across the country, folks are lining up like bar magnets to see the first major disaster film based on runaway climate change. But as any astronomer can tell you, if you want to foresee what global warming can really do, just check out our sister world, Venus. For details see: http://www.seti.org/arewealone/ ----------------------------------------------------------- SETI Education in Italy This June, the University of Insubria of Varese (located in Northern Italy), will be adding a new class to it's curriculum. The class, entitled "Listening to the Infinite Silence - The Interstellar Communications within the SETI Program", will be the first ever SETI seminar offered by a European University. Learn more about the class (in Italian) http://www3.uninsubria.it/pls/uninsu...&id_new s=413 Visit the University of Insubria website.(in Italian) http://web.crii.uninsubria.it/pages/...r soStudi=F57 ----------------------------------------------------------- Mars and the Teachable Moment It's a good time for critical thinking in classrooms. With the observations being made from Mars orbiters, students and teachers can critically consider the "face on Mars". In a reprise of an earlier column, Edna DeVore, the SETI Institute's Director of Education, offered her thoughts on this "face". Read more at: http://publish.seti.org/general/articles.php?id=176 ----------------------------------------------------------- Challenge Be one of the first five to answer the following question correctly and get a cool SETI Institute T-shirt. We'll post the answer in next month's e-newsletter. Choose the phrase that best completes this statement and send your answer to . What is a Zipf plot? A. A graph of shipping noise in Glacier Bay, Alaska. B. A statistical tool that can be used to study non-human communication. C. An international conspiracy. D. A common method of identifying individual dolphin and whales. ----------------------------------------------------------- In the March Challenge, we asked you to choose the phrase that best completed this sentence: The Allen Telescope Array A. will be located in Chile. B. is a joint project of the SETI Institute and the University of California, Santa Cruz. C. begins construction of a 206-dish iteration of the full-up array this summer. D. will begin conducting scientific research at a 32-dish configuration. The correct answer was D. ================================================== =========== Clear skies from NW Italy! ;-) Bruno Moretti IK2WQA Cicognola Astronomical Observatory & IK2WQA Ham Radio Station 45°43'28"N 8°36'35"E QTH Locator: JN45HR http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/ap...y.php?teamid=8 http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/s...team_7422.html |
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From SETI Institute: Every day is "Earth Day"
On 28 May 2004 16:18:24 -0700, SETI ITALIA Bruno IK2WQA wrote:
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From SETI Institute: Every day is "Earth Day"
On 28 May 2004 16:18:24 -0700, SETI ITALIA Bruno IK2WQA wrote:
From SETI Institute: Every day is "Earth Day" Please do not multipost! -- Ciao! |\ | | \|ico |
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