M.J. Rose

We recently landed on Mars. The science involved to pull off this massive endeavor is mind bending. Here’s a video of where all the bits and pieces of the craft and skycrane landed, and a self portrait the Curiosity took of itself once it was  marsbound…

(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

…an ancient Indian mound has a secret hidden chamber inside…

Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia was doomsday clock?

by GARY DANIELS

“About two hours south of Atlanta, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Indian mound which had a secret hidden chamber inside. Inside this secret chamber was a circle of fifty seats and an altar in the shape of a hawk or eagle. Known as the Ocmulgee Earthlodge, new evidence proves this earth-covered building was a sophisticated piece of engineering with precise astronomical alignments that likely served as an astronomical observatory. It also appears to have served as a type of doomsday clock forewarning its designers as to the next severe meteor storm…”

For the complete article click here. Fore in-depth background on the origins of the lodge, click here. For a video click here.

According to biologist Bernd Heinrich, the life cycle of butterflies does indeed “arguably involve death followed by reincarnation” –

Wow.

Are Butterflies Two Different Animals in One? The Death And Resurrection Theory

by ROBERT KRULWICH

“Here’s a dangerous, crazy thought from an otherwise sober (and very eminent) biologist, Bernd Heinrich. He’s thinking about moths and butterflies, and how they radically change shape as they grow, from little wormy, caterpillar critters to airborne beauties. Why, he wondered, do these flying animals begin their lives as wingless, crawling worms? Baby ducks have wings. Baby bats have wings. Why not baby butterflies?

His answer — and I’m quoting him here — knocked me silly…”

For the complete article click here to go to NPR.org.

(ButterflyGirl image borrowed from O! Lightning Astrology here, a wonderful destination for astrology insight and expert readings…)