Speculations

Use Bacteria to Slow Desertification and Create Housing in One Fell Swoop?

Submitted by eDave on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:15

Bacterium transforms sand into sandstone in proposal to stop the Sahara's growth. Could the cat be put back in the bag if used? Could this be used to terraform sandy planets? The bacterium in question is all around us and has been the subject of other proposals. Click the title for more.

Site updates underway

Submitted by eDave on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 12:27

As visitors may have noticed, it had been a long time since the site had been updated. There were good reasons for that, but events have transpired that have enabled those of us who can to resume updates. Updates across the board will take some time, but we'll have a bit every week.

 

Huzzah!