External References

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Archaea

Astrobiology Institute, NASA

Bacteria, Good and Bad

Big Bang's Name

The BBC sound archive tells me that Hoyle first used the term Big Bang in a broadcast on 6^th September 1950, as part of a series of lectures called ‘The Nature of the Universe' presented on the BBC Home Service.

Biology Dictionary

This on-line biological dictionary will help you learn about many biology terms, principles, and life forms. Search with the alphabetic menu or by field of study. Includes many useful quizes to let your test your understanding.

Dust, Interplanetary

E. K. Jessberger, T. Stephan, D. Rost, P. Arndt, M. Maetz, F. J. Stadermann, D. E. Brownlee, J. P. Bradley, G. Kurat (2001). Properties of Interplanetary Dust: Information from Collected Samples, in Grün, E., Gustafson, B.A.S., Dermott, S.F., Fechtig, H. (Eds.) Interplanetary Dust, pp. 253-294, Springer-Verlag

Einstein, Albert

Einstein, A. (1961) Relativity the Special and General Theory. New York: Three Rivers Press

Filaments

Simulated formation of filaments in the Universe

Stars, First

The First Stars in the Universe

Galaxy, Dwarf Elliptical

Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG)

Galaxy, Spiral

Image of Spiral Galaxy M81 Hubble data: NASA, ESA, and A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics); GALEX data: NASA, JPL-Caltech, GALEX Team, J. Huchra et al. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics); Spitzer data: NASA/JPL/Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Galaxy, Oldest

Oldest galaxy is lone ranger

Inflation Theory Test

Feeny, S.M et al (2011). "First Observational Tests of Eternal Inflation: Analysis Methods and WMAP 7-Year Results".

Homo Habilis Intelligence

Human brain shaped by duplicate genes

Homo Sapiens Origin

Modern people seem to originated in Africa about 200 kya

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-02/uou-toh021105.php

Lovelock, James

James Lovelock's books.

Mass Extinctions

Raup, D. & Sepkoski, J. (1982). "Mass extinctions in the marine fossil record". Science 215: 1501-1503. DOI:10.1126/science.215.4539.1501.

Rohde, R.A. & Muller, R.A. (2005). "Cycles in fossil diversity". Nature 434: 209-210. DOI:10.1038/nature03339.

Sepkoski, J. (2002) A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera (eds. Jablonski, D. & Foote, M.) Bull. Am. Paleontol. no. 363 (Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY).