Liberalguy

• AP/Karori Sanctuary
• NASA, ESA and M. Livio (STScI)
• Franco Rollo, University of Camerino
• AP
• AP/NASA
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• University of Rochester
• Carnegie Institution for Science
• NASA/JPL-Caltech
• NASA
• Nobumichi Tamura/Natural History Museum (London)
• Wiley-VCH
• AP
• AP
• Bloodhound Programme Ltd.

• Glaucocystis, a primitive microscopic alga. Lots of venture capital is flooding into enterprises seeking to make biofuel from algae, which are plentiful and easy to grow.
• This artist's concept shows a magnetic portal connecting Earth's magnetic field connecting to the sun's. The spacecraft is on hand to measure the high-energy particles and fields flowing through the portal.
• Space shuttle Endeavour stands poised for space soon after being moved to Launch Pad 39A for the launch of STS-126 on Nov. 14, 2008.
• This little brown bat, found in a cave in New York, is infected with a Geomyces fungus that has coated its muzzle, ears and wings white. Biologists have discovered how the deadly fungus is spreading outward from its origin in east-central New York into other areas.
• Former French presidential candidate Segolene Royal, who narrowly lost the 2007 election to current President Nicolas Sarkozy. A new study finds that physical attractiveness is as important to a female politician's career as her competence; for male politicians, looks don't seem to matter.
• "In this undated photo supplied by the Karori Sanctuary, an adult tuatara lizard is seen basking on a tree stump at the Karori Sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand. Conservation staff at Wellington's Karori Sanctuary have found what is almost certainly the first confirmed tuatara nest on mainland New Zealand in over 200 years. The discovery came during routine maintenance work near the Sanctuary's unique mammal-proof fence, when staff uncovered the four ping-pong ball sized leathery white eggs."