LINKS:
* http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229753.300-crystal-cocoons-kept-bacteria-safe-in-space.html
* http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/01/09/the-origins-of-directed-panspermia/
* http://www.amazon.com/Echopraxia-Peter-Watts/dp/076532802X
EXTRA READING:
* http://runesoup.com/2012/02/you-are-made-of-books-the-whisky-rant-part-5/
ERRATA:
* of course Francis Crick was tripping on LSD when he discovered DNA.