| 02/26/2001 Tom Siegfried: Genetic book speaks volumes about humankind
SAN FRANCISCO – Translating messages from an alien civilization, Carl Sagan once said, would be like breaking the Egyptian hieroglyphic code. In chapter 12 of Cosmos, the book accompanying the TV series, Sagan imagined that such alien messages might arrive via radio signals encoding an "Encyclopaedia Galactica," a catalog of all the intelligent civilizations inhabiting the cosmos. 02/19/2001 Tom Siegfried: Researchers wonder why big isn't always best
No matter what people say, there are circumstances in life when size does matter. Take sports, for example. In many games, large size of some sort often pays off – such as in basketball (height), football (weight) and baseball (contract offers). |
