LiveScience.com Wednesday, December 13, 2006 Invisible Mountains Revealed Under Greenland Ice Veiled by more than a mile of ice, an expanse of heavily scoured mountains and valleys in Greenland has remained out of sight until now. New Year-Round Contraceptive Pill Safe and Effective A new year-round contraceptive pill called Lybrel, which eliminates menstrual cycles altogether, appears to be safe and effective, researchers report. Study: Laughter Really Is Contagious A new stud ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 December 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING FROM TYPHOON DURIAN Typhoon Durian pounded southern Luzon Island in the Philippines on November 30, 2006. The rains caused widespread flooding and mud slides. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14028 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Dec 12 2006 (Posted on Dec 12 2006 5:19PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Obser ...Continue Reading

------------------------------------------- Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 STS-116 SPACEWALK COVERAGE ON NASA TV Date/Time: Thursday, Dec. 14, 3:12 - 9:07 p.m. EST and Saturday, Dec. 16, 2:37 - 8:47 p.m. EST Two more spacewalks are scheduled to reconfigure and redistribute power on the International Space Station. STS-116¹s second spacewalk is set to take place Thursday and the third on Saturday. NASA TV will provide live coverage of both events. For a NASA TV schedule for STS-116, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mu ...Continue Reading

Dec. 11, 2006 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 RELEASE: 06-369 NASA PRESS SECRETARY LEAVES FOR D.C. COMMUNICATIONS FIRM WASHINGTON - NASA Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs Dean Acosta is leaving the agency to become a managing director at Qorvis Communications, LLC in Washington, effective Jan. 2. Acosta led NASA's public affairs and communications activities during one of its most challenging periods following the space shuttle Columbia accident in 2003 ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 11, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 11, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 11, 2006 02:17 pm EDT* *Orbital Rendezvous: Discovery Crew to Dock at ISS*Seven astronauts aboard NASA?s shuttle Discovery have a hearty welcome waiting aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where three veteran spaceflyer ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 December 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER SOUTHWESTERN INDIA A plume of haze descended over Mumbai from the southwest in early December 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14018 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 02 2006 (Posted on Dec 08 2006 10:00AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA In early December 2006, bushfires sweeping over Victoria filled the skies with smoke. * http: ...Continue Reading

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NASA Science News for December 11, 2006 Astronaut Don Pettit has just landed in the meteorite-rich ice fields of Antarctica where he plans to launch a series of edgy and entertaining science experiments to be shared with the general public. Call them "Saturday Morning Science--on Ice." FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/11dec_donpettit.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, December 12, 2006 Snot-Like Microbes Help Carve Caves Bacteria known to decorate caves are now found to help build and expand their dark homes by eating the walls. Brain Tumors May be Infectious The chances of a child developing a brain tumor and cancer elsewhere in the nervous system increase with the more younger brothers and sisters one has. Squid Power: Propulsion Systems Modeled on Nature Squid, jellyfish and other cephalopods are thought to be pr ...Continue Reading

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