Friday, September 2, 2011

New Mars Rock Samples Unlike Any Before

Mars Rock Dar al Gani 735

New samples from the Mars rover "Opportunity" have yielded new rock compositions never before seen on Mars. You can read more about this exciting development on Yahoo News.

Precious Metals Summit coming to Beaver Creek Sept. 14, 2011

Info on this invitation-only conference is here.

Oldest Woolly Rhino Fossil Found on Tibetan Plain


Scientists have recently disovered the oldest fossil of a Woolly Rhino high on the Tibetan Plain, estimated to be the oldest such specimen ever found, at 3.6 million years old. You can read the BBC article here.