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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?

GMO Houseplant Cleans Your Air
   Removes compounds too small to be captured by a HEPA filter.

Chinese Fern Helps Remediate Arsenic Soil
   'Bioengeering had put out a spec report on the long crawly things five months back.' - Gregory Benford, 1983.

Can We Grow Crops On Mars?
   Does Martian soil require remediation?

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