7/21/2003:

Intermediate Word:  fugacious  (a) fearful  (b) on the lam  (c) lively  (d) evanescent
Difficult Word: - laverock - (a) soap stone  (b) pale blue sapphire  (c) volcanic plug  (d) skylark

First Map of Cosmic Neutrinos Unveiled - Space.com  A telescope buried in Antarctic ice has returned its first results, proving that it can successfully detect elusive, invisible particles called neutrinos. The astronomer in charge of the project said that while the initial neutrino map of the sky is preliminary, it provides tantalizing hints of powerful "cosmic accelerators." The telescope is called AMANDA II (Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array).

Cold-Climate Creatures May Be The Survivors Of Global Warming - SpaceDaily  Left:  "The study showed that cold-water crabs have a greater capacity to adjust their heat-tolerance thresholds than warm-water crabs," said Stillman, who conducted the experiment at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, Calif.  "This is definitely counterintuitive. You would expect heat-tolerant organisms to be the most resilient to global warming, but it turns out they may have a harder time surviving as their habitat temperatures increase," he added, noting that a half-degree increase in the Earth's temperature could be enough to wipe out countless porcelain crabs. Consider the following statement: Animals that thrive in high temperatures are more likely to survive global warming than those that are less tolerant to heat. While this conclusion may seem obvious, a new study in the journal Science finds that the opposite may be true.

Puzzle of empty galaxies  - BBC  Left:   An unusual gassy galaxy. The Universe may be teeming with starless galaxies inhabiting its most isolated regions, says an Australian scientist. Graduate researcher Brad Warren, of the Australian National University, has identified galaxies in our local region of space that are mostly gas with very few stars. For some reason these galaxies have failed to form stars out of their hydrogen gas. The search is on to find out why. They are found in the great intergalactic voids - vast spaces between groupings of normal galaxies. Few objects inhabit these regions, where lonely stars, torn from their parent galaxies, live isolated lives.

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