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*Starred Review* The pythons and boas--the largest snakes in the world--command respect for both their size and their ability to constrict their prey. But some of their relatives in the other families of basal snakes (the earlier-evolved, nonvenomous snakes), the blind snakes, worm snakes, and thread snakes, are the smallest of the world's serpents. In a companion volume to his Venomous Snakes of the World (2005), herpetologist O'Shea examines these snakes in a geographic format, covering the Americas, Europe and Asia, Africa and Indian Ocean islands, and Australia and Pacific Coast islands. An introductory section discusses general snake biology, including evolution and anatomy, and also examines constriction, the myths and realities of giant snakes, and conservation. Species accounts follow in each geographic area, moving from the tiny blind snakes to the large boas and pythons. The Americas are home to the infamous boa constrictor and the world's heaviest snake, the green anaconda. Asia's star is the reticulated python, the world's longest snake, and Africa features that staple of the pet trade, the royal (or ball) python. Australia has probably the most photogenic species, the green tree python. These well-known species and their more obscure cousins are all magnificently illustrated with beautiful color photos, with short write-ups of their life histories, range, size, prey, and other natural history. This excellent book is highly recommended. Nancy Bent
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"These well-known species and their more obscure cousins are all magnificently illustrated with beautiful color photos, with short write-ups of their life histories, range, size, prey, and other natural history. This excellent book is highly recommended."--Nancy Bent, Booklist
"Arranged geographically, with a nice introduction regarding snake classifications, myths, and conservation, this book will either give you the willies or make you smile in delight."--Juneau Empire
"Colour photographs and clear text make this an informative and visually appealing compendium of constrictor habits and habitats."--Globe and Mail
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This book is directed at the amateur with an interest in herpetology, perhaps, someone whose interest in snakes stems from having watched some of the Mr. O'Shea,s TV episodes. A minimum of technical terminology is used, descriptions being clear and understandable to non-professionals. THe book is richly illustrated with photographs of most of the species. After each species is discussed, i.e., the discovery history, scale numbers, color variation and other information, the author provides a final paragraph briefly summarizing range, size, habitat, prey, egg-laying(number of eggs) or live birth and similar species. A four page index and two page bibliography for further reading appear at the end of the book. An interesting feature throughout the text are italicized paragraphs quoting the personal field experiences of O'Shea and other herpetologists with some of the snakes described.
Maps are printed on the inside front and rear covers, sketching the world's continents with colored outlines of the ranges of the families covered in O'Shea's book. One drawback to this feature is that the author, in referring to islands and nations within a species range, does not provide a detailed-enough map to locate these, i.e., the Sunda Islands. Most readers would have to refer to a world atlas to determine where these are found.
Nevertheless, O'Shea does a fine job informing and stimulating the interest of non-professionals in these families of snakes and in herpetology, in general.
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|Foam, Latex
|4 Pound
|Firm, Medium
|Mattress Top
|Plush Top
|Product Features
|Bed in a Box, Eco-Friendly
|Recommended Foundation Type
|Box Spring, Platform
|Model Number
|Country of Origin
|United States
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Our extra firm queen mattress arrived in a box earlier than expected, unrolled easily and did not have any fumes at all. We slept on it that night and did not need an extra topper. The mattress is perfect, has great support for both back and side sleeping while it molds gently to cushion our bodies. Neither of us can feel any movement when the other gets up in the night. We have had it for two weeks and my husband and I both are still expressing gratitude to finally finding the right mattress.Read More
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My old queen size mattress was giving me back pain and since I'm thinking of upgrading to a King set, I was looking for a good, cheap temporary solution. After some research, I decided to go with this product. Mind you, shopping for a mattress on line, w/o the ability to feel and touch, one has to relay only on reviews, and so I did. I know I need a stiff and hard mattress. I sleep on my stomach and soft surface make my midsection sink and I wake up with lower back pain. Many of the reviewers describe this product as "hard as a board", "intolerably hard", "Can't use it w/o 3" memory foam topper", etc. Getting it I was expecting/hoping to find all of the above, boy I was wrong. The mattress is soft. my body sink in it. sleeping on my back is ok since the mattress does take your body shape. But this morning, I woke up with back pain since I slept on my stomach. What a useless purchased. such a disappointment. For the record, I'm 6'3", 210lb very athletic. I cannot recommend this if you sleep on you stomach. I should have gone to Ikea and feel/text the cheap mattresses they have instead of being lured with the promise of "latex". The amount of Latex in this mattress is insignificant to present a factor. Bottom line; you can't expect much from a mid $$$ mattress with free shipping.Read More
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I was a little leery ordering a mattress on-line without being able to test it, but boy am I glad i did. This mattress replaced my name brand memory foam mattress, which was starting to lose its' firmness and at times made me feel like I was sleeping in a pit. The latex gives in much the same way the memoryfoam did, but is not heat sensitive, so bounces right back. I like a firm mattress, and do not use any toppers like some other folks. I felt better immediately, and actually had an improvement in my bad knee which I did not expect. it turns out some of my knee problems must have been from the heat sensitivity of the memory foam causing the knee to sink bit. You won't go wrong with this mattress, and at this price if it doesn't last 20 years, who cares?Read More
I had a microdiscectomy on my lower back and have had back pain ever since. I was sleeping on a $2500 Stearns and Foster mattress, it was a great mattress but soft. I consider this an upgrade, not only is it more comfortable but also germ free. Do some research and find out how disgusting a mattress is after just one month of use and multiply that by a couple of years. Foam mattresses are virtually allergen/dust mite free. Most importantly, this mattress has dramatically reduced my back pain, DRAMATICALLY. My back was a little stiff for the first few days while it adjusted to the new firmness but now it is so much better. The Latex and foam conform to your body with just the right pressure, almost cradling your body. I cannot say enough good things about this product, like the other review stated, I feel like I won the lottery with this purchase. This mattress is worth it's weight in gold, I'll never buy anything else.Read More
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I would highly recommend this mattress to anyone. If you are like me and get back aches from fluffy pillow top mattresses then this one is for you. I am on a budget and was fearful that I might have to spend top dollar for a latex mattress and after I read the reviews for the 8 inch mattress I bought this one (10 inch). I have it on a platform bed frame and it looks attractive. The firmness is what my back craves. I really feel as if I won the lottery with this purchase.Read More
OK - not special
Had a very special latex hybrid mattress once before but this did not fit the bill. After about 6 months I note one side is lower than the other because of my weight and it never did break in as I had hoped -- a little too firm and a little too average. It feels much more like a firm memory foam mattress and much less like a latex mattress.Read More
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Hello Jocelyn B., this item will work well with most platform frames. Thank you for shopping with us.
Why did you choose this product?
Family members have recently purchased and enjoy
I needed a new mattress. this fit my requirements and was cheep. any other stupid questions?
positive reviews, wanted a natural mattress
I ordered this for two reasons, the natural latex and the insane 54% off deal that it had. A queen sized natural latex foam bed for only $520, there was no question.
because of that
It seems to have the properties that I wanted and at a good price,
E.C.O and firmmess
Natural latex is healthier!
Do I need to purchase a foundation for the mattress. Or is a bed frame all that is needed?
Hello loveadeal04, this is only the mattress, depending on the bed frame would determine if you need a box spring on not. Thank you for shopping with us.
I have fibromyalgia, and its recommended to sleep on a latex mattress. Is this mattress really firm?
Hi clred71, this mattress is very firm. I hope this helps, thanks for shopping with us.
Yes, it is firm, but you'll love it after you get used to it, if you're accustomed to a softer bed. It's the only bed that I've had that doesn't hurt my back and doesn't start dipping after some time. I've had it for 5 or 6 years and it still holds it's shape. LOVE this mattress!
I understand that a box spring is not necessary but sometimes if you do not have the correct "base" to the mattress it voids any warranty. Which bases are recommended or help retain the warranty of the mattress?
Thank you for contacting us lavascooter. We recommend that this mattress be set upon a flat, solid surface. If you don't have an appropriate base, we oftentimes recommend purchasing a piece of plywood to go between the mattress and foundation rather than going to the expense of purchasing a whole new base foundation. As long as the mattress is on a flat, solid surface the limited warranty would be valid. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Is this mattress made from natural rubber from a rubber tree, from the petrochemical synthetic called SBR, or from a combination of the two? If it is a combination, what percent is natural rubber? Thanks.
Hello a1b2c3z, I am very sorry but at this time that information is not available. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for shopping with us.
Does E.C.O provide any warranty of this mattress?
This mattress is covered by a 20-year Limited Warranty. The warranty applies to manufacturing or product defects only and does not cover personal preference issues such as comfort related issues, product does not meet expectations, etc. The manufacturing or product defect limited warranty covers the first 3 years in full for such defects and is then prorated for each year thereafter until the 20 year timeframe has been completed.
is the cover natural? are there any synthetics used including polyurethane used?
The cover is fire retardant. This is what protects the mattress. The cover contains fire retardant materials which have to be chemically treated to create the fire barrier. Latex portion of the mattress is 36 ILD and the high density foam base is 1.8 lb. density. The base foam is polyurethane based.
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No you wouldn't.
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GUy:Hey ma, you cuffed?
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автор: Muse 6 марта 2005
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Typically used by a foreign person who tries to pass It off as slang in their country in an attempt to be cool.
She told me she was cuffed, but I've traveled so I know she was full of it.
автор: The realist o g 13 мая 2016
held in handcuffs (by police)
after the match al me mates were cuffed
автор: dilbert scrunchie 18 июня 2003
Having experienced a complete and utter defeat at the hands of another group/team/individual.
A.S. Roma were cuffed (7-1) by Manchester United in the 2007 Champions League quarter final (second leg)
автор: Captain Haggis 2 мая 2007
A word commonly used in South Africa meaning to get caught or to get into trouble for something.
"I can't believe you got cuffed by your parents for going to the party!"
"Do you think I willl get cuffed if I skip school?"
"Do you think I willl get cuffed if I skip school?"
автор: fallenangel1006* 22 сентября 2009
Cuffed- To back out of/ to change plans last minute
hey weres joe?" " nigga cuffed on us
автор: thisguyyy01 19 февраля 2011
To steal or take instant ownership of something.
He didn't call fives on his seat, so I cuffed that shit.
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• Jose Contreras recorded his 16th consecutive victory in the White Sox's 6-4 win over the Astros. Over the last 35 years, only four other pitchers have won 16 straight decisions: Johan Santana (2004-2005), Roger Clemens (1998-1999 and 2001), Randy Johnson (1995-1997), and Rick Sutcliffe (1984-1985).
The White Sox made it easy for Contreras, providing him with a 6-0 lead after four innings. Half that would have been fine. Contreras has a record of 28-0 with five no-decisions when staked to a lead of three or more runs.
• Albert Pujols went 4-for-4 with a home run in the Cardinals' 10-6 loss to the Tigers, his second game since returning from 18 days on the disabled list. Over the last nine years, the only other player to go 3-for-3 or better on a so-called "perfect night" at the plate with a home run in one of his first two games back after a stay on the DL was Bengie Molina in 2004.
• Tom Glavine allowed one run in seven innings in the Mets' 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays, becoming the first pitcher in either league to reach 11 wins this season. Glavine is the first Mets pitcher ever to earn that distinction -- that is, the first pitcher in the majors to move past 10 wins.
• Chris Carpenter allowed seven runs in seven innings in the Cardinals' 10-6 loss to the Tigers, despite striking out nine and walking none. The last pitcher to allow as many as seven runs while striking out nine or more batters and not issuing a walk was Curt Schilling on April 25, 2001.
• Ryan Freel went 5-for-5 in the Reds' 3-0 victory at Cleveland. It was the fourth time in his last five games that Freel had at least three hits. The last Reds player with four three-hit games in a five-game span was Thomas Howard, who had four in a row in August 1996.
• Ryan Madson allowed six earned runs in 1 2/3 innings in the Phillies' 10-2 loss to the Red Sox. Madson's ERA for the first two innings is now 9.13, the third highest in the majors (minimum: 10 starts), behind Josh Towers (11.22) and Mark Redman (9.55).
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• Tunisia needed a win today (and some expected help from Spain) to advance to the World Cup Round of 16. But you can't win if you don't score, and statistics illustrate how difficult it is to score when playing a man down -- as Tunisia was forced to do after Zied Jaziri was issued a second yellow and sent off during first-half stoppage time: No team has scored a goal playing a man down during the 2006 World Cup. The totals: no goals scored, 13 goals allowed in 426 minutes (14 different matches).
• Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre's 2006 World Cup ended as his 2002 Cup did: three and out without a win. Lemerre's teams -- France in 2002 and Tunisia in 2006 -- managed only a draw in each tournament. The only other coach to lead different teams in consecutive World Cups and leave both without a victory was Blagoje Vidinic (Morocco in 1970, Zaire in 1974).
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Research Article
A multilevel perspective on knowledge transfer: evidence from the Chinese automotive industry
Version of Record online: 15 MAY 2009
DOI: 10.1002/smj.780
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Strategic Management Journal
Volume 30, Issue 9, pages 959–983, September 2009
Additional Information
How to Cite
Jane Zhao, Z. and Anand, J. (2009), A multilevel perspective on knowledge transfer: evidence from the Chinese automotive industry. Strat. Mgmt. J., 30: 959–983. doi: 10.1002/smj.780
Publication History
- Issue online: 14 JUL 2009
- Version of Record online: 15 MAY 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 30 MAR 2009
- Manuscript Received: 2 OCT 2007
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- University of Michigan's William Davison Institute and CIBE Program
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- knowledge transfer;
- individual vs. collective;
- teaching activities;
- absorptive capacity: multinational corporations (MNCs);
- international joint ventures
We adopt a multilevel perspective to study the transfer of collective and individual knowledge. By making a clear theoretical distinction between collective and individual attributes in concepts such as knowledge, teaching approach, and absorptive capacity, this study extends the knowledge transfer literature and provides fresh insights into the ways in which collective and individual knowledge are transferred. Based on a survey of the capability transfer activities of 161 engineering units of multinationals in the Chinese automotive industry, we empirically validate the distinction between individual and collective teaching activities and absorptive capacity. More importantly, we find that the largely underexplored collective-level mechanisms, such as collective teaching and collective absorptive capacity, are more effective in transferring both collective knowledge and individual knowledge in comparison to their individual-based counterparts. Our findings also have important implications for management of multinationals and international joint ventures, particularly in emerging economies. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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For such a tiny planet, Mercury is a pretty big puzzle for researchers. NASA's MESSENGER probe already has revealed that the planet is surprisingly rich in elements that easily evaporate from the surface, such as sulphur, chlorine, sodium and potassium. This is incredibly odd as these kind of substances most likely would disappear during a hot or violent birth – exactly the type of birth a planet so close to the sun, such as Mercury, would have had.
Scientists are also struggling to understand why Mercury is so dark and what its earliest planetary crust, created as the newly-formed planet cooled down, was made of. Research has now started to throw up answers – but these are raising a lot of new questions. Read More
The space race officially started in 1957 when the USSR launched Sputnik 1 into orbit around the Earth. This demonstration of technological prowess during the Cold War spurred US leaders in 1958 to transform the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics into the agency we're all familiar with: NASA. The newly minted agency needed to work quickly to reclaim the nation's technological supremacy. NASA's budget was increased to hire of the best scientists and engineers that money could buy. But NASA wasn't the only red-white-and-blue pony running in the space race.
Private companies in the Land of Liberty were motivated to research, design and sell their cutting-edge technology to NASA for its future space missions. The private sector had big, bold plans to turn the US into a space-faring nation — perhaps too big. To market their ambitions, companies often turned to famed 1950s science fiction illustrator Frank Tinsley to visualize their concepts.
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Well, here we are two weeks into the era of gravitational wave astronomy. I trust that by now you have read and heard all about the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves from two black holes merging and what it means for astronomy.
These are indeed exciting times and it is worth pausing to think about this announcement in the context of other big astronomical discoveries that were generations in the making. Perhaps the best historical analog for the gravitational wave search and detection is the search for the trigonometric parallax, or a method to measure the distance to stars. Its existence was long theorized, but observational evidence was harder to come by. Read More
Black holes have long been a source of much excitement and intrigue. And interest regarding black holes will surely grow now that gravitational waves have been discovered.
Many of the questions I am asked regard how "true" science fiction concerning black holes might be, and whether worm holes, such as those featured in Stargate, are real or not. Invariably though, the one item that is almost assured to come up are the largely gruesome ways in which black holes might theoretically affect human beings and the Earth itself.
There are three properties of a black hole that are (in principle) measurable: their mass, their spin (or angular momentum) and their overall electronic charge. Indeed, these are the only three parameters that an outside observer can ever know about since all other information about anything that goes into making up a black hole is lost. This is known as the "no hair theorem". Put simply: no matter how hairy or complex an object you throw into a black hole, it will get reduced down (or shaved) to its mass, charge and spin.
Of these parameters, mass is arguably the most significant. The very definition of a black hole is that it has its mass concentrated in to a vanishingly small volume – the "singularity". And it is the mass of the black hole – and the huge gravitational forces that its mass generates – which does the "damage" to nearby objects.
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The exact point at which these forces become too much to bear will depend critically on the mass of a black hole. For an "ordinary" black hole that has been produced by the collapse of a high mass star, this could be several hundred kilometers away from the event horizon – the point beyond which no information can escape a black hole. Yet for a supermassive black hole, such as the one thought to reside at the center of our galaxy, an object could readily sink below the event horizon before becoming spaghetti, at a distance of many tens of thousands of kilometers from its center. For a distant observer outside the event horizon of the black hole, it would appear that we progressively slow down and then fade away over time.
What would happen, hypothetically, if a black hole appeared out of nowhere next to Earth? The same gravitational effects that produced spaghettification would start to take effect here. The edge of the Earth closest to the black hole would feel a much stronger force than the far side. As such, the doom of the entire planet would be at hand. We would be pulled apart.
Equally, we might not even notice if a truly supermassive black hole swallowed us below its event horizon as everything would appear as it once was, at least for a small period of time. In this case, it could be some time before disaster struck. But don't lose too much sleep, we'd have to be unfortunate to "hit" a black hole in the first place – and we might live on holographically after the crunch anyway.
Interestingly, black holes are not necessarily black. Quasars – objects at the hearts of distant galaxies powered by black holes – are supremely bright. They can readily outshine the rest of their host galaxy combined. Such radiation is generated when the black hole is feasting on new material. To be clear: this material is still outside the event horizon which is why we can still see it. Below the event horizon is where nothing, not even light, can escape. As all the matter piles up from the feast, it will glow. It is this glow that is seen when observers look at quasars.
But this is a problem for anything orbiting (or near) a black hole, as it is very hot indeed. Long before we would be spaghettified, the sheer power of this radiation would fry us.
For those who have watched Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, the prospect of a planet orbiting around a black hole might be an appealing one. For life to thrive, there needs to be a source of energy or a temperature difference. And a black hole can be that source. There's a catch, though. The black hole needs to have stopped feasting on any material – or it will be emitting too much radiation to support life on any neighboring worlds.
What life would look like on such a world (assuming its not too close to get spaghettified, of course) is another matter. The amount of power received by the planet would probably be tiny compared to what Earth receives from the Sun. And the overall environment of such a planet could be equally bizarre. Indeed, in the creation of Interstellar, Kip Thorne was consulted to ensure the accuracy of the depiction of the black hole featured. These factors do not preclude life, it just makes it a tough prospect and very hard to predict what forms it could take.
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Today the work Brahe, Kepler and Galileo did to understand the geometry of the solar system doesn't seem as distant to me as the scenes from Happy Days did shortly after we landed on the moon. When I teach astronomy and physics I circle back to certain ideas repeatedly. One of these ideas is related to the evolving sense of the flow of time, wherever it may slip. This concept centers on my need to get students to come to terms with the notion that the ideas in their textbooks got there as a result of real struggles by real people. As clear and obvious as the textbook physics may appear, it almost assuredly was a dirty mess at the time. Read More
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Scientists hope to genetically engineer organisms to survive off-Earth and to do some of the dirty work on spaceships and other planets. The field of study is called "space synthetic biology." And this new frontier in genetic research could be key to opening up the final frontier.
Synthetic biology refers, generally speaking, to the work of giving some organism altered or even novel characteristics by changing its genes. Space synthetic biologists genetically alter organisms to make them more space-worthy — resistant to radiation or heat, for instance — and to make them useful to space missions — like turning Martian dirt into concrete. It sounds "out-there," but microbes already make our planet habitable and pleasant.
"We're breathing oxygen that was biologically produced," says Lynn Rothschild, the head of the synthetic biology program at NASA's Ames Research Center. "I'm wearing cotton that was biologically produced."
We're not going to take sheep on space missions, she clarifies, but we could take the capabilities of oxygen- and cotton-making plants and put them into the DNA of more portable life, like yeast. "Start looking at biology as technology," she says, a "genetic hardware story" that could infuse all aspects of space missions.
Rothschild advises the Stanford-Brown team in the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, where her groups have, among other things, made wires using DNA as a template; created a biodegradable drone; and taken genes from extreme bacteria and inserted them into E. coli to create hybrid organisms that resist extreme pH, temperature, and dryness. They called it the Hell Cell.
Such bio-based technology, according to a November report from a team led by Amor Menezes California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences in Berkeley, requires 26-85 percent less mass than "abiotic" (non-living) systems. For instance, a spaceship could carry a habitat to Mars, like the Apollo missions did to the moon, but no one wants to live in a tin can, and also that tin can is heavy.
"Think in analogy with early long-term travel on Earth," says Rothschild, like pilgrims to North America. "They didn't bring houses. They learned to live off the land."
Future astronauts will have to live off of inhospitable land and also spaceships, which have no land. Menezes's report sets forth a plan for those astronauts, suggesting directions the research could go. The microbes we use for terrestrial composting and waste treatment, for instance, produce nitrous oxide, which is spaceship go-juice. We could genetically engineer those microbes to do their duties in space, with different oxygen requirements and faster reaction capabilities but the same basic chemistry. Just by pooping and making trash, then, astronauts could create the raw material for fuel.
Once those refuse-creating colonists arrive on Mars, they could use carried-on microbes to mine the materials for building their new homes. Microbes that make acid could dissolve the Martian rock that surrounds metals, leaving just "the resource." Or we could engineer microbes to dissolve the resource itself, so that it flows out and can then be reconstituted into a colonial outpost.
Construction companies on Mars could take the "regolith," or surface material, and bind it together using natural glue, like mussel foot protein (engineered for optimal performance on Mars). Scientists could also make microbes that chew on the regolith and spit out calcium or iron to make "biocement."
Poop processing, manufacturing, and construction all leave behind useful byproducts, like methane, which could help keep the colony's lights on. The outpost, while electrified, wouldn't have many frills. But scientists do have to ensure astronauts' basics: air, water, and food, indefinitely.
Menezes recommends that we develop space-friendly microbes that can turn byproducts of wastewater treatment into food (yum!). While the food doesn't have to be Michelin-star-quality, it does have to qualify as "nutrient-dense biomass that supplements astronaut dry-food while being versatile in flavor and texture."
If the walls of a ship or colony were alive (it's not creepy), the microbes could up-cycle carbon dioxide into oxygen and would — bonus! — shield astronauts from radiation. Not only does radiation zap our DNA with cancerous mutations, it also makes medicines expire faster.
People will still get sick in space, so synthetic biologists are also working on bio-based medical care. Microorganisms and plants could be engineered to make medicines and to shift the microbiome — the community that lives in symbiosis with each of us — back into order.
"If astronauts could grow their medicine in algae I think that would be super cool," says Josiah Zayner, a space synthetic biologist at NASA's Ames Research Center, who was not an author on the paper, "but I think it would take a lot of money and resources to make this happen."
But what if the ship or colony were even more alive, Menezes wonders, full of biosensors and biological control systems? If it sounds a little too Battlestar Galactica-Cylon for comfort, don't worry yet, says Zayner. "Honestly, I think this is just their 'out there' idea," he says. "Systems that they are describing have not really been invented yet. They lost me at 'hybrid robot version of tumor killing bacteria.'"
Me too.
But it's not that out there, contends Menezes.
"The space cybernetics grand challenge essentially calls for implementing control systems ideas into biological systems," he says — the same control systems that put people on the moon and let Curiosity rove on Mars. But with biology. Integrating the two with technology will "take some time," he continues, but "complete and tested space synthetic biology systems should be ready within a couple of decades, and if not in time for the first U.S. human Mars expedition, certainly by the second or third one."
But even a cybernetic ship or colony with living walls, algae gardens, and nutrient-dense biomass isn't quite enough for a self-sustaining, long-lived Martian habitat. To create that, we either need to make Mars a planet like Earth — or we need to make a miniature Earth on Mars.
To "terraform" a planet is to Earthify it. But "paraterraforming" is the more realistic step down: turning a smaller, contained space into a self-sustaining, human-friendly place. In the case of Mars, this would be a habitable spot surrounded by god-awful instant-death desert. Scientists would have to engineer an entire ecosystem that creates what astronauts need to eat, drink, breathe, and stay healthy, sane, and productive. All while recycling their waste products and keeping their environment cut off from the aforementioned god-awful instant-death desert — using microbes.
"This, I think should be the number-one research goal before missions to Mars," says Zayner.
And the missions to Mars are what Menezes' report looks toward.
"All of this is coming from the viewpoint of making it to Mars in the next 20 years and not from the viewpoint of what synthetic biology will be doing in 20 years," says Zayner, "because that is extremely hard to plan for." And it depends on the available of both cash and people to do the job.
Zayner also cautions that any life-based space systems will need to be tested and built years before they appear on a crewed capsule or a colony on the Red Planet. As a result, the bleeding-edge technology that exists when a Mars mission launches probably won't be part of that Mars trip — well-characterized, older technology likely will be. That's true in any space mission, which engineers blueprint and begin building many years before launch.
But Menezes says the gap between prototype and practical use is shrinking, largely because the space industry is no longer run entirely by a government.
"Just yesterday, I learned that there was a recent project that went from concept idea to actual space deployment within six months," he says. "Although this timeline is atypical at the moment, with the advent of commercial space ventures, it is now possible to partner to quickly test and characterize fruitful ideas in space."
But after the ship launches with its promising technology, problems could arise on Mars, too. The regolith that we might use for construction contains perchlorates, salts that can be toxic to humans. Toxic bricks do not an ideal colony build.
"Perchlorates are certainly a problem at the moment," says Menezes. But we could figure out how to deal with those, and, in our initial attempts at exploiting Mars's resources, use Mars's air instead of its land. "For instance, 95 percent of the Mars atmosphere is carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide will be the primary carbon source for the microbes."
While making our own special-snowflake space biology sounds sci-fi, non-fictional scientists are working to make the concepts nonfictional, too. To engineer organisms that will be useful on other planets, they first look to our own world and its biology. And in altering and organizing those biological beasts into useful space systems, scientists will also learn how to make life better back on Earth.
"The possibilities of space synthetic biology are truly endless, yet each of them has immense importance back on Earth," says Menezes.
Synthetic biological solutions to space problems in medicine, food, and carbon dioxide can address similar issues on Earth: personalized medicine, agriculture for growing populations, and fixing our carbon-dioxide-laden atmosphere. And while paraterraformed spaces give astronauts a safe place to sleep, the technologies can also help us learn to live sustainably on Earth. A Martian colony would be the ultimate zero-waste green space, whose ethos every earthling should get behind.
"I find the notion of doing 'far-out space stuff' that is simultaneously a priority on Earth really captivating and compelling," says Menezes.
Louis Friedman has always balanced his optimistic vision for the future of human space exploration with a dose of reality, and his tempered outlook courses through his new book, Human Spaceflight From Mars to the Stars, in which he charts the distant future of human space travel.
Friedman is optimistic that human space exploration will continue well into the future. However, here's that dose of reality from Friedman: humans will never venture beyond Mars, at least not in any historically significant way. Once humans tame Mars, how will humanity continue to explore cosmic frontiers, and to what end? Space travel, according to Friedman, will be an act more focused on transporting our minds — with the help of new technologies — rather than our bodies. Read More
Witnessing an aurora first-hand is a truly awe-inspiring experience. The natural beauty of the northern or southern lights captures the public imagination unlike any other aspect of space weather. But auroras aren't unique to Earth and can be seen on several other planets in our solar system.
An aurora is the impressive end result of a series of events that starts at the sun. The sun constantly emits a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind into the depths of the solar system. When these particles reach a planet, such as Earth, they interact with the magnetic field surrounding it (the magnetosphere), compressing the field into a teardrop shape and transferring energy to it. Read More
The existence of parallel universes may seem like something cooked up by science fiction writers, with little relevance to modern theoretical physics. But the idea that we live in a "multiverse" made up of an infinite number of parallel universes has long been considered a scientific possibility – although it is still a matter of vigorous debate among physicists. The race is now on to find a way to test the theory, including searching the sky for signs of collisions with other universes.
It is important to keep in mind that the multiverse view is not actually a theory, it is rather a consequence of our current understanding of theoretical physics. This distinction is crucial. We have not waved our hands and said: "Let there be a multiverse." Instead the idea that the universe is perhaps one of infinitely many is derived from current theories like quantum mechanics and string theory.
Imagine seeing the lights of cities spreading around the Nile Delta and then in less than an hour gazing down on Mount Everest. The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are among the lucky few who will have this humbling, once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing the beauty of Earth from space.
The ISS doesn't just offer spectacular and countless views of the natural and man-made landscapes of our planet. It also immerses its residents into the Earth's space environment and reveals how dynamic its atmosphere is, from its lower layers to its protective magnetic shield, constantly swept by the solar wind.
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