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How Much Life Does Earth Host?

Scientists want to know how many species we share the planet with—especially since we're killing them off at least 100 times faster than at any period in recent geologic history

The latest census effort guesstimates roughly 8.7 million species on Earth and notes that we know only 1.2 million of them. It’s published in the journal Public Library of Science Biology.

After all, there can be thousands of different microbes in a single spoonful of earth or sea. Pity the poor nematode that may vanish from the record of life before we even know it.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=how-much-life-does-earth-host-11-08-28

NPL-CsF2

A caesium fountain clock, responsible for keeping United Kingdom's atomic time is declared as the most accurate long-term time keeper in the world.

Scientists claimed the clock would lose or gain less than a second in 138 million years, which makes it the most accurate clock in the world.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/204944/20110828/world-s-most-accurate-clock-belongs-to-britain-united-kingdom-time-keeper-long-term-cesium-fountain.htm

Supernova : Brightest Exploding Star in 40 Years Spotted

Astronomers from Berkeley have discovered the closest supernova, or exploded star, in 40 years in the Pinwheel Galaxy, located just 21 million light-years from Earth.
The supernova is getting brighter and could be visible with a good pair of binoculars in the next 10 days.
If you have binoculars, look for M101 in the next few days as the explosion continues to brighten.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/204928/20110827/supernova-of-a-generation-brightest-exploding-star-in-40-years-spotted-astronomers-berkeley-closest.htm

A planet made of diamond

A once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that is what University of Manchester astronomers think they’ve found in the Milky Way.

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7336