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Martian Micromagnets part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/news/article52.html
This astrobiology article reports another case for ancient life on Mars – a meteorite from Mars peppered with tiny magnetic crystals that on our planet are only made by bacteria. A transmission ...

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...

Dive and Discover: Juan de Fuca Ridge part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/expedition8/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

The Worm that Boasts Earth's Hottest Lifestyle part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://annex.exploratorium.edu/aaas-2001/dispatches/the...
This brief Exploratorium dispatch reports that the Pompeii worm, an inhabitant of hydrothermal vent ecosystems, can withstand hotter temperatures than any other creature on earth can -- except for ...

Stromatolite Explorer: Investigation of a Microbial Mat Community part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/microbe/movie.html
This animated video takes students on a journey through a microbial mat. The assigned mission is to probe a microbial mat by following an imaginary 0.10 mm stromatolite explorer as it descends ...

Fuligo septica, the Dog Vomit Slime Mold part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/june99.html
This informational website features the slime mold Fuligo septica, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for June 1999. It includes an audio pronunciation tool, educational information about slime ...

Humongous Fungus part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,975283,...
This 1992 online news article reports a 37acre fungus that has been discovered at the Wisconsin-Michigan border. It is 1500 years old, weighs between 100 and 1000 tons, and is still spreading. The ...

Great Moments in Science: Lights of Life 1 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s580511.htm
This Great Moments in Science radio transcript discusses the history of bioluminescence. It covers the first scientists to study bioluminescence, organisms capable of making light, biochemistry of ...

Great Moments in Science: Light of Life 3 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s608548.htm
This Great Moments in Science radio transcript describes photons of light (not to be confused with bioluminescence) that can be seen only with the most sensitive photodetectors. Scientists believe ...