LiveScience.com Friday, July 14, 2006 Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't Melt The question now is whether consumers will approve the taste and texture. Many past attempts have failed. Desire Controls What We See, Study Finds Without realizing it, people will perceive things according to how they want to see them, a new study suggests. Darwin's Finches Evolve Before Scientists' Eyes Competition for food between two species drives an important evo ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2006 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Rebecca Hudson Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1139 RELEASE: 06-277 NASA HELPS VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS ROCKET ON Twelve visually impaired or blind high school students will have the opportunity to explore careers in rocketry as part of a partnership between NASA and the National Federation of the Blind. The students are participating in a weeklong rocket science camp, July 14-22, at the federation's Jernigan Institute in Baltimore ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Two large fires were burning in California in mid-July 2006. This event contains images of both the Sawtooth and Canyon Fires. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13706 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 12 2006 (Posted on Jul 13 2006 9:14AM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13705 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 11 2006 (Posted on Jul 12 2006 3:21PM) -- STORM (2 updat ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, July 13, 2006 NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 13, 3:30 p.m., Johnson Space Center The next residents of the International Space Station and a Japanese spaceflight participant will discuss their mission during a news conference on NASA TV. Participants include: the Expedition 14 crew, NASA astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, and Japanese business ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, July 13, 2006 Tyrannosaurs Suffered Terrible Teens Scientists suggest a midlife crisis killed off many of these beasts just as they entered their sexual prime. Darwin's Finches Evolve Before Scientists' Eyes Competition for food between two species drives an important evolutionary concept. Girl's First Period Depends on Who She Lives With A new study suggests that like many animals, humans have evolved built-in mechanisms to h ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2006 Erica Hupp/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/0668 Rob Gutro/Steve Cole Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044/3026 RELEASE: 06-278 NASA EXPLAINS PUZZLING IMPACT OF POLLUTED SKIES ON CLIMATE NASA scientists have determined the formation of clouds is affected by the lightness or darkness of air pollution particles. This also impacts Earth's climate. In a breakthrough study published Thursday in the online edition of Science, scientists explain why aerosols -- t ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 13, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 13, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 13, 2006 10:51 am EDT* *Space Diver Prepares For Big Jump*Frenchman Michel Fournier is readying himself and equipment to attemp ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Widespread fires throughout Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo from late May through early July 2006 indicate that the annual burning season is underway. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13702 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 10 2006 (Posted on Jul 11 2006 3:51PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON EWINIAR Typhoon Ewiniar formed in the weste ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 12, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 12, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 12, 2006 10:28 am EDT* *Return to Flight: STS-121 Full Coverage*Complete coverage the STS-121 Discovery mission to the Internati ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, July 12, 2006 How Spiders 'Fly' Hundreds of Miles They can travel hundreds of miles by air, but have virtually no say in where they go. Transgender Prof Defends Female Scientists Scientist says it's too soon to end the discussion surrounding the comparative math and science abilities of men and women. U.S. Southwest Warned of Potential Virus Outbreak The Four Corners region of the United States will be at greater risk f ...Continue Reading