New Scientist - 22.04.2017

22-04-2017, 08:21

New Scientist - April 22, 2017
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*... Aworld ripe for life. Cassini finds foodfor microbesonEnceladus just before its death dive * Enceladus is ripe for life. Last-ditch attempt to find hydrogen is a triumph, reports Leah Crane. TOPROTECT any life on Saturn’s ocean moons,we will have to destroy the only toolwe have to find it.NASAcan’t risk its Cassini spacecraft crashing into Enceladus, especially sincewe’ve just discovered a potential food source for alien ecosystems. * YOUR TRUE SELF. WHO ARE YOU? AN ENTITY CONTINUOUS IN TIME, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A PERSONALITY, A UNIQUE BUNDLE OF MEMORIES? ONLY NOW ARE WE TRULY GETTING TO GRIPS WITH WHAT OUR SENSE OF SELF IS – AND ISN’T. You are not the person you were as a child, or even last year, but the fact that our personalities change can be liberating, finds Emma Young. AS A child, Wendy Johnson was extremely shy. “One of my report cards said: ‘Wendy is so shy, it’s painful to watch!” She’s not like that now. ...*