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The "Phylogeny" of Scientific Life.
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Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges
Stopping atoms A "coil-gun" method for slowing atomic beams without lasers, from the Raizen group at Texas

Thanks for the link! Re "calibration text": is that known, or perhaps common practice on probes of this kind? It was a guess on my part, one I wasn't sure enough to stick with; I suppose the alternatives are a "golf ball to the moon" type prank or a clever hack of some kind.