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NASA TV Coverage Of Venus' Transit Of The Sun. Venus Transit. Skywatchers prepare for Venus transit. Mexico to witness transit of Venus, as Mayas did before (+video) The ancient Maya, famed for their knowledge of astronomy and highly precise calendar, closely followed the movements of Venus – possibly including the planet’s rare transits across the sun.

Mexico to witness transit of Venus, as Mayas did before (+video)

Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition. Venus transit 2012: a chance to test Earth-hunting techniques (+video) There's a little black spot on the sun today.No you don't want to miss this rare display.

Venus transit 2012: a chance to test Earth-hunting techniques (+video)

(With apologies to Sting) Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition. Venus makes last-in-a-lifetime transit across the sun: Watch it live. Venus Transit begins at 3:06 p.m. PDT. The long-awaited Transit of Venus begins just after 3 p.m.

Venus Transit begins at 3:06 p.m. PDT

PDT and you don’t have special solar glasses to view the rare planetary alignment. What are you to do? Can I put 10 pairs of sunglasses together to view the sun? No. You’re risking temporary or permanent damage to your eye. So if I don’t have solar glasses, what can I do? If you have a pair of binoculars, try focusing the light from the sun onto a sidewalk, and see if you can see a little dot on the sun after 3 p.m. through sunset. Some experts also suggest making a homemade pinhole projector. The best way, at this point, is to head to a Transit of Venus viewing party, because looking at the sight magnified through a safely-filtered telescope is the best option. Or watch the event live online. Also, if you live close to the San Fernando Valley, a wholesale retailer is selling special glasses for just 85 cents a pair. Can I actually go blind looking at the sun?

Bacteria Found Thriving in 86-Million-Year-Old Seabeds. Live bacteria that use miniscule amounts of oxygen has been discovered trapped in red clay deposited on the ocean floor some 86 million years ago.

Bacteria Found Thriving in 86-Million-Year-Old Seabeds

The bacteria use. Researchers led by Hans Røy from the Center for Geomicrobiology at Aarhus University in Denmark, extracted samples from columns of sediment up to around 30 meters beneath the sea floor in the region of rotating currents north of Hawaii known as the North Pacific Gyre. Microbial communities can subsist at depth in marine sediments without fresh supply of organic matter for millions of years. At threshold sedimentation rates of 1 millimeter per 1000 years, the low rates of microbial community metabolism in the North Pacific Gyre allow sediments to remain oxygenated tens of meters below the sea floor.

Tonight's 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse. Tonight's "time traveling" annular solar eclipse hundreds of miles wide and thousands of miles long, will turn the familiar disk of the sun into a ring of fire for sky-watchers in parts of Asia and the U.S.

Tonight's 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse

West. An annular eclipse happens when the moon lines up between Earth and the sun. Three 'Genetic Zip Codes' Laid Foundation for Evolution of Human Brain. Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human brain, Yale University researchers report.

Three 'Genetic Zip Codes' Laid Foundation for Evolution of Human Brain

"What we found are the genetic zip codes that direct cells to form the motorsensory network of the neocortex," said Nenad Sestan, associate professor of neurobiology, a researcher for the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, and senior author of the paper. "Together, our fine motor skills that allow us to manipulate tools, walk, speak, and write, as well as our cognitive and emotional abilities that allow us to think, love, and plan all derive from these changes. " This networks provides the direct synaptic connections between the multi-layered neocortex in the human brain responsible for emotions, perception, and cognition and the neural centers of the brain that make fine motor skills possible.

EcoAlert: Killer Heat Waves Predicted for U.S. through Century. Nrdc.org By the end of the 21st century, heatwaves caused by global warming could kill 150,000 people who would otherwise live.

EcoAlert: Killer Heat Waves Predicted for U.S. through Century

The US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) estimates how many extreme heat events will hit the US this century, assuming greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current path. Mindestens zehn Tote: Erdbebenserie erschüttert Norditalien. Chile's Supreme Court Halts Patagonia Dam Construction. Conservationists protest against the project to build several hydroelectric power stations in the Chilean Patagonia, in Santiago, Chile in 2011.

Chile's Supreme Court Halts Patagonia Dam Construction

Chile's supreme court has halted construction on the Rio Cuervo hydroelectric project in the country's remote and pristine Patagonia region, after accepting an appeal from environmental groups. The court's decision on Friday ran counter to a recommendation by a regional environmental review commission to give the green light to the project, developed by a joint venture of Australia's Origin Energy and Xstrata Copper. The Rio Cuervo project is part of a larger plan to build three dams with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts in the area around Aysen.

Environmental groups filed a petition against the project, saying it will wreak havoc in the region's unspoiled wilderness. Unfortunately, Chile's supreme court has given the green light for that project to go ahead. The Daily Galaxy via 2012 AFP. Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News.

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Science with Out of this World Info. Stepping steadily upward on Massey's corporate ladder. Every day on the job, hundreds of miners descend deep into the earth.

Stepping steadily upward on Massey's corporate ladder

And every time they go down, each of them wonders: "Will I make it back to the top today? " These days, though, miners and their families are wondering if federal prosecutors will make it to the top – wondering whether justice will catch up to top honchos of Massey Energy who're responsible for killing 29 mine workers in a horrific methane explosion deep inside the corporation's Upper Big Branch mine two years ago. So far, no – but even the odious former-CEO of Massey, Don Blankenship, must now be having some sleepless nights, for the Justice Department has steadily been climbing up the corporate ladder. Prosecutors have gone from indicting a couple of lower-level Massey managers to now nailing Gary May, who was superintendent of Upper Big Branch when it blew.

The charges against May show a corporate-wide, care-less culture of "profit over safety" and a deliberate policy of deceiving mine safety inspectors. Floods destroy much but allow us to better prepare for next time. Australia flood bill mounts, more rain forecast. SYDNEY: Australia's flood crisis was set to cost in excess of Aus$500 million (US$530 million) in New South Wales alone and more rain was on the way, the state government said Friday.

Australia flood bill mounts, more rain forecast

Eastern Australia has endured torrential rainfall for more than a week, leaving hundreds of homes flooded, damaging roads and bridges and soaking farmland in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria states. Administration issues major rewrite of forest rules. In announcing the new procedures, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said they were crafted to enhance the nation’s water supplies while maintaining woodlands for wildlife, recreation and timber operations. The lands provide 20 percent of the nation’s drinking water, according to the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture Department.

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6 Species Proving Humans Aren't the Only Intelligent Ones on the Planet - Part 5. Written by David DeFranza Defining intelligence is not easy. OIL. Oil Spill Pollution Policy. Satellite Sees Deadly Tornado Thunderstorm Weather In Southeastern US. By Eurasia Review Tornadoes are expected to accompany severe storms in the springtime in the U.S., but this time of year they also usually happen.

When a line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept through the U.S. southeast on Nov. 16, TRMM collected rainfall data on the dangerous storms from space. NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over the southeastern United States on November 16, 2011 at 2310 UTC (6:10 p.m. EST) when tornadoes were occurring with a line of thunderstorms that stretched from western Florida north through North Carolina.

At least six deaths were caused by one of these tornadoes that destroyed three homes near Rock Hill, South Carolina. Crane lift for eel as 'love congers all' in Macduff. Desert tortoise. First Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Approved Since BP Explosion, Spill. For Immediate Release, November 10, 2011 Contact: Deirdre McDonnell, (971) 279-5471, dmcdonnell@biologicaldiversity.org. Canada Denies Much-needed Protections for Polar Bears. For Immediate Release, November 10, 2011. Don't Blow Up Ison Rock Ridge for Coal. Hunters Have Killed More than 180 Wolves in the Northern Rockies. Earth Island Journal, November 14, 2011 Hunters Have Killed More than 180 Wolves in the Northern Rockies Without Federal Protection, Bloodbath is Underway. House Republicans Attack Laws Protecting U.S. Waterways From Dangerous Pesticides.

For Immediate Release, November 15, 2011 Contact: Bill Snape, (202) 536-9351, bsnape@biologicaldiversity.org House Republicans Attack Laws Protecting U.S. Japan tsunami debris expected to arrive within days; oceanographer says we're not ready - Ross and Burbank. MVRDV's Dramatic Glass Cube Pavilion Will Raise Ocean Awareness at the 2012 World Expo. Awesome Worm-Like Pod Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur is Inspired by Water Droplets.

This incredible worm-like Pod pavilion is about to be the most talked-about building in all of Petaling Jaya, just west of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Colorado researchers discover ancient Maya road. Huge Japan quake altered Earth's gravity - Technology & science - Science - OurAmazingPlanet. The devastating earthquake that struck Japan earlier this year was powerful enough to slightly alter the pull of gravity under the affected area, scientists have found. Massive unnamed comet hits the Sun. XL Pipeline. Shale Shocked: "Highly Probable" Fracking Caused U.K. Earthquakes, and It's Linked to Oklahoma Temblors. Keystone XL is the wrong future for America. Fracking May Have Caused 50 Earthquakes in Oklahoma. The Battle for Australia’s Water – Part II.

Photo Gallery: Colorado’s Rugged San Juan Mountains. Queenslanders Support Visionary Protection for Our Coral Sea. Six Public Lands Bills Take Important Step Toward Passage. UK firm says shale fracking caused earthquakes. Tar Sands Action Responds To Obama's Keystone Pipeline Comments. Obama takes ownership of Keystone XL decision. State Department rejects 94,000 public comments on Keystone XL. The President and the Pipeline. Oil And Gas Operations In Gulf Of Mexico Claim 139 Lives In Helicopter Crashes. New Zealand oil spill: conservationists warn of wildlife 'tragedy' Strong Earthquake Rocks Eastern Turkey. Party of Pollution.

Myanmar Proceeding with Controversial Dam. Save Rosie the Elephant from a Lonely, Freezing Maine Winter. Tell the EPA: Reduce Fracking Air Pollution. Tell the EPA: Reduce Fracking Air Pollution. Meteorite Shower Created Earth's Mineable Gold: Study. Meteorites contain chemical essential for life. Kishanganga Power Project Monster in pristine Valley Lastupdate:- Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18.

Antarctic Ozone Hole 5th Largest on Record. Health: Five foods for breast cancer prevention.