LiveScience.com Wednesday, December 27, 2006 Ancient Insects Used Advanced Camouflage A fossil of a leaf-imitating insect from 47 million years ago has a striking resemblance to modern mimickers. ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006 QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY DISTRIBUTION Date/Time/Location: Dec. 27 and 28 and Jan. 3, 4, 10 and 11, 10 a.m. - noon and 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., west lobby. Contact: Jacquie Morgan 358-1214. Please bring your NASA ID badge. If you will be on travel or leave, contact Jacquie Morgan to arrange to pick up subsidies after your return. Subsidies picked up after Jan. 16 will be prorated for the quarter. New participants in the SmartBenefits program w ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Gibbons Defend Against Predators With Song When a white-handed gibbon spots a lurking leopard, rather than high tailing it in the opposite direction, the furry ape will actually draw closer to its foe and belt out a song. Scientists Create Molecule-Size Keypad Lock Scientists have created a keypad lock a single molecule in size. This lock only activates when exposed to the correct password, a sequence of chemicals and light. Draw Up a Holiday ...Continue Reading

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SPACE.com Update for December 26, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 26, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 26, 2006 12:25 pm EDT* *Moonbase: In the Dark On Lunar Ice*NASA believes that ice trapped on the Moon will help future explorers set up home. Yet there is considerable debate about this resource.Read Mo ...Continue Reading

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LiveScience.com Friday, December 22, 2006 The Air You Breathe is Loaded with Microbes The air you breathe is teeming with more than 1,800 kinds of bacteria, including harmless relatives of microbes associated with bioterrorist attacks, according to a new study. How to Super-Size a Volcanic Eruption Super eruptions that blast loads of ash sky high can change the climate. Now scientists are finding that the relationship could go both ways with the climate having an impact on huge volcanic erupt ...Continue Reading

Starry Night® Times - January 2007 If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here. *Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. We hope you enjoy it!* [*]Happy PerihelionIf Earth is closest to the Sun in January, shouldn’t it be summer?    [*]Cold Weather ObservingCold winter ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 22, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 22, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 22, 2006 02:18 pm EDT* *Mission Discovery: Shuttle Astronauts to Land Today*CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA?s space shuttle Discovery is poised to ferry seven astronauts back to Earth later today, but much ...Continue Reading