Other News & Bulletins: March 23, 2008

Are We Alone? - Next Show: March 24, 2008, Encore Presentation "Order and Chaos"
Like your stomach subjected to repeated $1.99 buffets, the universe is ever-expanding. As it grows, it inexorably becomes more chaotic. We'll hear what drives this increase in entropy, and whether there can be meaning in a universe that will ultimately become no more than a dark soup of cold particles. Also, the surprising patterns of organization around us - find out why you behave with the mathematical logic of an atom and why you can't outwit the crowds at your favorite bar. Also, happy 300th birthday to Carl Linneaus. Without him, you and your neighbors wouldn't be in the members-only club Homo sapiens. Guests:

• David Quammen - award-winning science, nature, and travel writer. His article about botanist Carl Linneaus, "A Passion for Order," appears in the June 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine
• Lawrence Krauss - physicist and cosmologist, Case Western Reserve University
• Mark Buchanan - physicist and author of The Social Atom
• Alex Bentley - anthropologist at the University of Durham, U.K.
• Virginia Trimble - professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine

You can listen to this and other episodes at: http://radio.seti.org/

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Dark Horse Comics - Chapter 5: Shaman Warrior eComic has been posted!
One of the best-selling manhwa epics of all time is now available to read right here on Dark Horse! Shaman Warrior is a lavishly illustrated, violent fantasy epic with breakneck action sequences, imaginative characters, and moments of pure horror that will appeal to fans of Blade of the Immortal and Lone Wolf and Cub. Stay with us on this exciting adventure, as a new chapter will be added every friday. Don't miss out on this Dark Horse exclusive! Click here to check it out!

News worth reposting:
If - E - Zine™ - FREE Science Fiction! Issue 10 now available
"Issue #10 of If - E - Zine(tm) is now available as of Wednesday, March 19th. It's an exciting time. This August If - E - Zine(tm) will be FIVE YEARS OLD!"

If - E - Zine(tm) is the FREE Online Magazine of Thrilling Speculative Fiction: http://www.thelordshen.com/

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Plague - PLAGUE: PART II - SIEGE
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