LiveScience.com Friday, October 27, 2006 Genetic Upper Class: Could the Human Race Split? Could the human species split in two over time due to evolutionary pressures as predicted by science fiction writer H.G. Wells? While the idea is fascinating, the science is flimsy. New Recipe: How to Make a Mass Extinction Scientists are revisiting what it takes to wipe out many species at once. And they think it might be happening again, right now. The W ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 27, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 27, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 27, 2006 05:35 pm EDT* *Despite Setbacks, Teams Set Sights On Lunar Lander Purse*Rival space groups are vowing to push ...Continue Reading

--------------------------------------- Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 NASA TV AIRS ARRIVAL OF ISS PROGRESS 23 Date/Time: Thursday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. (NASA TV coverage begins) The Progress 23 spacecraft carrying a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies will dock to the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:28 a.m. EDT Oct. 26. For details, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station NASA BLOOD DRIVE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Oct. 26, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., MIC 6 Contact: Beverly Vaughn 358-2600 NASA civil service and contracto ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 25, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 25, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 25, 2006 04:36 pm EDT* *Orbital Fire Brigade: Better Smoke Detectors for Future Spacecraft*When your home is an aluminu ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, October 25, 2006 All World's Honeybees Out of Africa It can sting you in Rome. It can sting you in Moscow, but the honey bee is originally from Africa, scientists reported today. Odd Fish Jawless for 360 Million Years They lack jaws, eyes and bones, but lampreys and their "primitive" anatomy have survived 360 million years and four major extinctions relatively unaltered, suggests a new study. Amazon River Flowed ...Continue Reading

To: Nasa Reports NASA SimLabs News VOLUME 6, ISSUE 4http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news.html   October 2006   TABLE OF CONTENTS   If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, SimLabs News is a quarterly publication reviewing current projects at the NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs). NASA SimLabs is comprised of three unique Flight Simulators, an Air Traffic Control radar simulator and a high fidelity Air Traffic Control Tower simulator. The facilities support gover ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Oct. 25, 2006 http://spaceweather.com COMET OUTBURST: Astronomers report that Comet Swan has suddenly increased in brightness 4-fold, from magnitude +6 to +4.5. This makes it a naked-eye object in dark skies and a lovely sight through backyard telescopes. The cause of the outburst: A new vein of volatile ice may have opened up in the comet's nucleus. Solar heating transforms this freshly-exposed material into streams of bright, reflective gas and dust. Indeed, backyard telescopes seem to sho ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for October 26, 2006 A satellite orbiting Earth is learning to think for itself. This artificial intelligence offers a powerful new way to study Earth, and it may prove useful on other planets, too. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26oct_sensorweb.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 free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Rani Chohan/Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483/2806 RELEASE: 06-340 NASA'S FIRST 3-D SOLAR IMAGING MISSION SOARS INTO SPACE NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories mission, known as STEREO, successfully launched Wednesday at 8:52 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. STEREO's nearly identical twin, golf cart-sized spacecraft will make observations to help researchers construct the f ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 October 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES ON SUMATRA In late September and October 2006, scores of fires were burning in southeastern Sumatra. The island's largest city, Palembang, was shrouded in haze. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13936 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 23 2006 (Posted on Oct 24 2006 10:12AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA Heavy rain triggered floods along the Neches, ...Continue Reading