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Dyson: Look for flowers to find alien life
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5-6-2009 5:55 PM
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5-6-2009
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ellington
It just proves to me that poppies world wide are one of the most beautiful flowers' good article as well.
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Physicist Freeman Dyson says such plants might evolve on other worlds as well (Image: Ansgar Walk)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17078-could-flowers-bloom-on-icy-moon-europa.html">The Arctic Poppy and other high-latitude flowers have parabolic shapes to focus sunlight on the reproductive parts at their centres. 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