Sunday, February 12, 2006

 

Fossils Never Looked So Good


Scientists have produced the first-ever three-dimensional images of 850-million-year-old microscopic fossils using preexisting laser technology.

They don't even have to break open the rocks.

In the future, the technique could help researchers figure out when exactly life began on Earth and determine whether life has ever existed on Mars.

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