Nasa Searches for Alien Life

Posted on April 23, 2015

A new bold initiavie has been started by NASA in hopes of finding signs of life on other planets. The new program is called NExSS and brings together a team of experts across numerous fields with hopes of analyzing over 1,000 planets outside our solar system.

“This interdisciplinary endeavor connects top research teams and provides a synthesized approach in the search for planets with the greatest potential for signs of life,” Jim Green, NASA’s Director of Planetary Science, said in a news release. “The hunt for exoplanets is not only a priority for astronomers, it’s of keen interest to planetary and climate scientists as well.”

Read the full article at Huffington Post

Liquid Water on Mars found right below the rover?

Posted on April 15, 2015

Now this is interesting! We know about some frozen water on the red giant, but turns out there there might be water in liquid form as well! NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered new evidence:

At long last, researchers on the Curiosity Mars rover’s science team believe they have evidence that there is liquid water on the Red Planet, lurking just beneath the surface of our neighbor’s rouge surface. The water in the Martian soil seems to gather intermittently and is a very salty brine, making it perhaps suitable for everyone’s favorite retro pet — sea monkeys! Very, very hearty sea monkeys that could withstand the superharsh environment on the fourth planet, that is.

Read the full story at CNet

Last Northern White Rhino Male Guarded by Armed Forces

Posted on April 14, 2015

It is always sad to see anothe specie on the brink of extinction, but at least the Ol Pejeta Conservancy is trying to preserve the White Rhinos for as long a possible. With help of armed guards, no less!

Last Northern White Rhino Male Guarded by Armed Forces

The world’s population of northern white rhinos is down to five and the Ol Pejeta Conservancy is home to three of them, including the last remaining male—which is being guarded by armed rangers around the clock.

Along with the critically endangered northern white rhinos, the conservancy in Kenya is also home to 23 white rhinos and 105 black rhinos, making it the largest black rhino sanctuaries in East Africa.

Baby elephant torn from its mother has passionate reunion

Posted on April 9, 2015

A heartwarming story from the jungle:

Baby elephant torn from its mother has passionate reunion

MeBai, a baby elephant torn away from its mother three years ago and put into a life of slavery in Thailand, enjoyed a passionate reunion with her mother, Mae Yui, after rescuers from Elephant Nature Park arranged for the meeting.

Read the full story at GrindTV

Photo from Lek Chailert’s Facebook page

Alien Life in 10 Years?

Posted on April 8, 2015

HuffingtonPost reports that, according NASA chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, we might find first signs of alien life forms in the next decade. How exciting!

“I think we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years,” NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan said Tuesday during a panel event on water in the universe.

Read the full article Right Here!

San Fernando Valley Comic Book Convention, March 29, 2015

Posted on March 31, 2015

San Fernando Velley Comic Book Convention, March 29, 2015.

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Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, Scott Tracy Griffin, Kwei-Lin Lum and Gregory Urbach, Donald F. Glut, Johnny Crawford, and Steven E. Gordon at the San Fernando Velley Comic Book Convention, March 29, 2015. See EVENTS link above.

Courtesy of Museum of Modern Mythology and Pop Culture

First steps of baby elephant is touching scene

Posted on March 28, 2015

Herd surrounds baby in ‘dance of birth’ and probably to keep it upright as it walks for first time; video captured at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa

Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show, March 22, 2015

Posted on March 26, 2015

Our friends at the Museum of Modern Mythology and Pop Culture just ran a great coverage of the recent Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show, attended by Richard and Pat Lupoff, Scott Tracy Griffin, and Phillip R. Burger, and David Lemmo. It looks like a great event, and you can read the full coverage here! Some great pictures below:

Earth’s Mantle New Layer Potentially Discovered by Geologists

Posted on March 25, 2015

Looks like Pellucidar may be more real than we thought!

Have geologists just discovered a new layer of Earth’s interior?

A new study suggests that a previously unknown rocky layer may be lurking about 930 miles beneath our feet — and evidence suggests that it’s significantly stiffer than similar layers, which could help explain earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Source: Huffington Post

Wild Elephants Don’t Have Much Time, According to Experts

Posted on March 23, 2015

A sad article reporting that wild elephants are facing imminent extinction:

Kasane (Botswana) (AFP) – African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching for ivory.

Source: Yahoo News