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by Gregory Benford

This coming-of-age story takes place on the icy surface of Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter. The surface of the moon is dominated by the Aleph, an alien artifact that moves on the surface of Ganymede destroying all of man's construction efforts.

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Tumblin' Tumbleweeds Lend Hand In Depleted Uranium Roundup
   An early study indicates that the humble tumbleweed (the Russian thistle) may be able to help humans round up depleted uranium from contaminated soil

Cleaning Up Chernobyl With Beets
   Another interesting scheme to try to cut the amount of time that tens of thousands of kilometers of countryside must lay fallow due to radioactive fallout.

PR2 Robot Wanders 100 Km Autonomously
   This is PR2 - why don't they let it wander around my house, folding the laundry?

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Las Vegas Humans Ready To Strike Over Robots
re: John Twelve Hawks
(6/19/2018)

You'll Regrow That Limb, One Day
re: Frank Herbert
(6/18/2018)

Elon Musk Seeks To Create 1941 Heinlein Speedster
re: Robert Heinlein
(6/16/2018)

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