SPACE.com Update for November 27, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 27, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: November 27, 2006 11:43 am EDT* *Galactic Baby Boom Influenced Life on Earth*A long-ago stellar baby boom in the Milky Way sparked a flowering and crashing of life here on Earth, a new study suggests. Read More ...Continue Reading

The Fellowship in Aerospace History http://www.historians.org/prizes/NASA.htm The Fellowship in Aerospace History, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), annually funds one or more research projects for six months to one year. Proposals of advanced research in history related to all aspects of aerospace, from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, are eligible, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and history ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, November 24, 2006 Humans Inhabit the Soul of Experimental Robot In tests, researchers see, hear and feel sensations detected by a robot in another location, and they control the robot, too. New Insight into People Who Taste Words A new study of a small group of people who can "taste" words could help reveal how cognition and perception in all of us. Biking Can Make Women's Genitals Less Sensitive Women who bicycle frequently run the risk o ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 November 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF PAKISTAN Plumes of dust blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran on November 22, 2006. The plumes blew to the southeast over the Arabian Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13983 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 22 2006 (Posted on Nov 22 2006 4:59PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 23, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-051 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-051 HOUSTON - Two residents of the International Space Station ventured outside the complex Wednesday for a 5 hour, 38 minute spacewalk to reposition, deploy and relocate equipment, and to take a swing at a commercially sponsored activity. With Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter inside to monitor systems, Expediti ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, November 22, 2006 New Device Points Way to Artificial Kidney Implants A new hi-tech membrane may soon improve the effectiveness of dialysis and might someday lead to implantable, artificial kidneys. Faraway Volcanoes Shrunk the Mighty Nile Volcanic eruptions on Iceland generated a cascade of events that led to record low levels of water in the Nile River in Africa and brought famine to the region more than two centuries ago. Discovery Could Lead t ...Continue Reading

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SPACE.com Update for November 22, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 22, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: November 22, 2006 01:57 pm EDT* *Orbital Tee Time: Spacewalkers Set for Golf Shot, ISS Maintenance*Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) today for a short round of orbital gol ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 November 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Spurred by dry conditions and high winds, wildfires raged through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia, in late November 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13982 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 21 2006 (Posted on Nov 22 2006 1:25PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Obs ...Continue Reading