http://fiftytwoencounters.com when worlds meet each other . . . and themselves . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://fiftytwoencounters.com/2008/01/01/origins-of-the-glass-scarab/ http://fiftytwoencounters.com/2008/01/01/origins-of-the-glass-scarab/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:59:41 +0000 Michael Hartford http://fiftytwoencounters.com/2008/01/01/origins-of-the-glass-scarab/ National Geographic special on glass in the Egyptian desert that appears to have been formed by a prehistoric meteor strike. The story imagines a Mars that is constantly pummeled by meteors, the adaptations that life would have to make in such an environment, and the uses to which those life forms might put the by-products of meteor strikes.]]> http://fiftytwoencounters.com/2008/01/01/origins-of-the-glass-scarab/feed/ 0