This would mean that 4 billion years ago, the age of the earliest signs of life on earth, interstellar distances were much smaller.
Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody's Economy.com, says he expects manufacturing and distribution centers (think Atlanta and Dallas) to show the first signs of life as the recovery unfolds this year.
Yet it was in places like this that Cloud and Barghoorn found the oldest signs of life.
That's a proposed mission that would send a robotic airplane to Mars to fly over the surface looking for the chemical signs of life.
Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years, and the earliest signs of life on Earth date from about 3.8 billion years ago.
With the kids grown up, the markets showing signs of life and the family trading company freshly downsized, more and more of the silver set are out there traveling, consuming and actually doing cool things while we're stuck at the office.
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The ocean on Earth is thought to have been where life started, so these discoveries have led optimists to wonder whether the moons of Jupiter, rather than the deserts of Mars, may yield the first signs of extraterrestrial life.
In the past few weeks, housing markets on both sides of the Atlantic have seen signs of life, but there is every chance that prices have further to fall before they finally reach their low.
This is an extension of the idea of looking for signs of life in atmospheres.
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Antiabortion activists following the case have focused particularly on questions about babies born alive in the course of induced abortions, renewing a campaign around the issue more than a decade after they secured a 2002 federal law that set out legal rights for infants delivered with signs of life in the course of an attempted abortion.
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The list of top discoveries made with Hubble reads like the hit parade of astronomy: a mysterious new "dark energy" causing the accelerating expansion of the universe, distances to other galaxies, the supermassive black holes at their centers, the age of the universe, planet formation around other stars, searches for signs of extraterrestrial life -- and the list goes on.
Another local business owner, Thomas Blumenthal of Geary's Beverly Hills, said there are still signs of life in the West Coast mecca of the well-to-do.
But the steady flow of coal and commerce does not stop in Broken Bow, where small stores in the center of town may be showing some improved signs of economic life, but making ends meet on the land gets harder every year.
Household-debt burdens have fallen, the housing market shows signs of stability and the labour market is showing flickers of life.
There was similar elation among the search-and-rescue team, which included dozens of volunteer sheriff deputies who surveyed the dangerous terrain looking for signs of life.
At one point, when Bruce adopts the Eurotrashy role of a decadent playboy, Mr. Bale shows some genuinely amusing signs of life, but the decadence is soon lost or set aside in favor of less flamboyant moods.
The worst of the credit crisis is over, and the housing market is beginning to show signs of life--although highly speculative markets such as southern Florida will still be hit with many more foreclosures.
But the explorer said he was surprised there were so little visible signs of life in the Mariana Trench.
The market showed a few signs of life earlier, after readings on manufacturing and construction spending posted slight improvements, but the optimism was short-lived.
Two hours later, the recipient pig was killed and the liver checked for signs of life.
The U.S. reported stronger than expected retail sales last week, proving the country still has signs of life post-QE2.
Yet if the housing market is showing renewed signs of life, it is from a malaise unimaginable before the credit crunch.
To the outside world, there are no signs of life interrupting this silent night except for the thump of the bass emanating from your little silver Celica ( NYSE:TM).
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The gynecologist on hand didn't find any signs of life, so he passed the baby to a neonatal doctor who also didn't find vital signs, Meirino said.
The economy is showing some signs of life and my clients and I are re-examining our computers.
When Tokyoites tell you to get off at every stop, they are pointing you towards these in-between spots, where the tell-tale signs of daily life are not overshadowed by crowds, tourists, skyscrapers and beguiling lights.
Rescuers then used listening devices and cameras at the scene, but found no signs of life.
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