Archive for November, 2007

Noah’s Ark flood spurred European farming

Monday, November 19th, 2007

LONDON (Reuters) - An ancient flood some say could be the origin of the story of Noah's Ark may have helped the spread of agriculture in Europe 8,300 years ago by scattering the continent's earliest farmers, researchers said on Sunday. Full story...

Astronomers find system with five planets

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071106/ts_nm/space_planet_dc_4 NASA scientists said they discovered a fifth planet orbiting a star outside our own solar system and say the discovery suggests there are many solar systems that are, just like our own, packed with planets.

Nano-assembly Mimics Origin Of Life? Molecules Organize Themselves Into Patterns

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071030105309.htm "ScienceDaily (Nov. 1, 2007) — The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life. The organization is activated by instructions which are built-in to the molecules. During assembly, molecules exhibit active selection: those in ...