An article published in the journal “Nature Geoscience” describes the analysis of data collected between 2006 and 2015 on phytoplankton in the polar regions, which allowed to reconstruct their changes and cycles. A team of researchers led by Michael Behrenfeld, an expert on plankton at Oregon State University, obtained this information through NASA’s CALIPSO satellite.
On December 18 the miniseries “Mars” ended.
“Mars” is a docudrama, in part a documentary about space programs with archive footage and interviews with people involved in various ways and in part a TV show that tells the story of the first manned expedition to Mars starting from 2033. The two parts are mixed so as to give a greater impression of likelihood to the future events, as if they were a continuation of those of the documentary part.
The miniseries, which consists of six episodes, is based on the book “How We’ll Live on Mars” by Stephen Petranek, a journalist who explained the possible development of the American space program and the possibility that humans could live on Mars by 2027. This idea is based on a series of factors which include scientific and technological developments but also economic ones because there are also private companies that are starting opening a real market in the space that includes trade and tourism.
The novel “Another Life” by Peter Anghelides was published for the first time in 2007.
The weather in Cardiff is terrible but this can’t stop Torchwood’s operations. Out of the ordinary crimes must be resolved so Captain Jack Harkness leads his team in the hunt for a criminal even in difficult conditions. Normally Torchwood doesn’t deal with a serial killer but there are situations that require its intervention, especially when the alleged perpetrator dies and the murders keep on occurring.
Owen Harper is devoting much time to the virtual world of “Second Reality”. With Toshiko Sato’s technical help he manages to create an alter-ego online adequate to his needs. The virtual meeting with his ex-girlfriend seems only another moment in his personal life but ends up intersecting with his professional life also concerning Torchwood’s activities.
An article published in the “Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences” describes a research on Ceratopsids, the so called horned dinosaurs that lived in the Late Cretaceous in today’s western areas of North America. A group of researchers led by Dr. Michael Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, included some species into two new groups, or clades in technical jargon, called Nasutoceratopsini and Centrosaurini (Centrosaurinae).
