1843 (November Issue)
“The ocean floor is the Earth’s last great uncharted region.” Oceans cover “nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface yet more than 80% of it remains unexplored. Radar doesn’t penetrate deep water, so accurate depth soundings must be made by ships with high-resolution sonar. It’s slow, boring work. The maps we do have are at best an approximation. New discoveries are common…. We have more accurate maps of Mars than we do of two-thirds of our own planet.”
Tags: Accurate, Approximation, Discoveries, Earth, Ocean floor, Penetrate, Radar, Sonar, Surface, Uncharted, Unexplored
Newsweek (April 29)
“Following a string of remarkable discoveries over the past two decades, the idea of alien life is not as far-fetched as it used to seem.” Amino acids “have been found in the tails of comets. There are other organic compounds in Martian soil.” And since the first habitable planet was discovered in 1995, “astronomers have catalogued thousands.” Discovery of alien life, “now seems inevitable.”
Tags: Alien life, Amino acids, Comets, Discoveries, Discovery, Habitable, Inevitable, Martian soil, Organic compounds, Planet, Remarkable
Financial Times (September 10)
“A week in China is enough to persuade anyone that the world has spun back to front. The benefits of immigration, the quest for fresh discoveries, the desire for education, the recognition of the benefits of stability, purpose and enterprise are flourishing in China at the very time that they are being maligned, belittled or ignored in the US by Donald Trump.”
Tags: Benefits, China, Desire, Discoveries, Education, Enterprise, Immigration, Stability, Trump, U.S.
