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POPSGalapagos Scuba Diving Choose Ecoventura for your cruise holiday in Galapagos Island. Enjoy scuba diving which is the main attraction of Galapagos.
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POPSPortugal Heritage Portugal has an ancient heritage due to its old history. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have listed many interesting Portuguese places.
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POPSConvergent evolution
The huge fossil teeth of megalodon had been known for centuries and were once believed to be the fossilized tongues of dragons. Agassiz, noting that great white shark teeth and the fossil megalodon teeth were both serrated, lumped megalodon into the same genus, Carcharodon, (from the Greek karcharos, meaning sharp or jagged, and odous, meaning tooth). Agassiz was not, however, making an evolutionary judgment. In 1835, a young Charles Darwin was just then visiting the Galapagos Islands. There would be no theory of evolutionary descent for nearly 25 years. In fact, the brilliant Agassiz, who later became a professor at Harvard and the leading figure of natural history in the United States, forever resisted Darwin’s revolutionary ideas. Rejecting biological evolution, Agassiz defined species as a “thought of God.” His classification scheme signified nothing about shark origins. But over the next century, the idea that great whites evolved from megalodon took hold. << more at the
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POPSGood news in Taiji btw... john lilly, psychopharmacologist turned LSD-prophet who went into exile and became the founder of inter-species communications and was the focus of the 70s movie, 'day of the dolphin.' in his fabulously important late 1960s book, 'metaprogramming the human biocomputer,' he posed a thesis which has been largely accepted by the biological sciences community. called 'the 9 configurations,' he showed that the 1st config is a single-celled organism with a single command in its program and no way to change. as we come up the ladder to evermore complex organisms, we reach creatures; then creatures which can learn; then we arrive at the 9th configuration, including man, which can not only learn how to learn BUT CAN CHANGE THEIR PROGRAM, not only as a group but as individuals. lilly believed, as i and many others, that psychedelic agents can play a crucial role in the process of seeing and changing the buggy programs.
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POPSJapanese Cellphones Have Galapagos Syndrome A review of the issues surrounding the comparative lack of penetration into the American and European cellphone markets by the Japanese handset companies, even though the Japanese phones are far more advanced.
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POPSBarrier Reef, Uluru short-listed for new 7 wonders list "The Rock" doesn't have problems with such things as acid rain, so it will last. Latest reports say that the Barrier Reef is on the way out. Too much pollution. Let's call it the work of the politicians in their ignoring of this problem as they ignored our best river until too late.
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POPSAdventure Tours in South America Breathtaking natural beauty, dense rain forest, steaming tropical lowlands & high peak mountain is just a few of the highlights of South America. Add the pulse of Rio, the wildlife, Galapagos Island and the remote placement of Easter Island...and you start to get a concept of the diversity of this continent.
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POPSTropical Rainfall Moving North "We're talking about the most prominent rainfall feature on the planet, one that many people depend on as the source of their freshwater because there is no groundwater to speak of where they live," said Julian Sachs, associate professor of oceanography at the University of Washington and lead author of the paper. "In addition many other people who live in the tropics but farther afield from the Pacific could be affected because this band of rain shapes atmospheric circulation patterns throughout the world."
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POPSCongress's Travel Tab Swells 
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos Lawmakers frequently bring along spouses on congressional trips. If they take commercial flights, they have to buy tickets for spouses. If they fly on government planes -- as they usually do -- their spouses can fly free. Paris Air Show In mid-June, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D., Hawaii) led a group of a half-dozen senators and their spouses on a four-day trip to France for the biennial Paris Air Show. An itinerary for the event shows that lawmakers flew on the Air Force's version of the Boeing 737, which costs $5,700 an hour to operate. They stayed at the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand Hotel, which advertises rooms from $460 a night. The lawmakers were invited to a dinner party at the U.S. Embassy and had cocktails at a private party at the Eiffel Tower. Mr. Inouye attended a dinner sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, a U.S. trade group. Another senator on the trip, Alabama Republican Sen. Ri
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POPStropical rainfall moving north hmmm- water water everywhere-but not a drop to drink- well they are saying there is no global water shortage-it is just going to where the people aren't.....
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POPSEcuador & Galapagos Islands Step back in time at Ingapirca, Ecuador's finest example of Inca architecture. Take in the surf scene on the south coast. Sophisticated cities, glaciated volcanoes, the lush Amazon Basin - our inimitable guide gives you access to all the treasures of exotic Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.
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POPSOut of the Ordinary Cruises Choose between 2-Days cruises in Vietnam & Australia from € 211, 5-Days Nile River Cruises, 8-Days Cruises in Turkey on a wooden sailboat with crew or the fantastic 10-Days Galapagos Cruise where you get to walk amidst giant tortoises & and spot sea lions.
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POPSGalapagos Cruises Ecoventura offers you affordable Galapagos cruises. Our first-class fleet includes cruise ships and yacht charters, all unmatched for comfort and safety. Book your Galapagos tour with us today!
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POPSGreek Island Cruises Unpack once and relax on a 7 or 14 day cruise through the Mediterranean, South America, or the Galapagos.
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POPSIn the Name of Trees They all have meaning. That's why these pictures are even more beautiful ! If you want to know the meaning, please visit http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1731606,00.html
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POPSWild Things: Life as We Know It Species Hot Spot Between 1997 and 2007, more than 1,000 species previously unknown to science were discovered in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund. That's about two new species a week. The Greater Mekong has the highest concentration of different ecosystems in mainland Asia, and the Mekong River supports more wildlife per square mile than the Amazon. Newly documented flora and fauna include, clockwise from upper right, a woolly bat (Kerivoula titania); Aeschynanthus mendumiae; Gumprecht's green pit viper (Trimeresurus gumprechti); and the dragon millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea).
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POPSWhat are the limits of life? The Chihuahuan Desert: Scientists have found that about half of the organisms at Cuatro Cienegas are most closely related to marine life, even though the oases here have not been in contact with the ocean for tens of millions of years. The Intensive Care Unit: “We keep inventing new antibiotics, but bacteria evolve resistance almost immediately, so we’re constantly playing catch-up,” he says. “How can we make the best use of the antibiotics we’ve got now? We’re using mathematical models to generate hypotheses about how we can shape and alter prescription practice to minimize or delay the evolution of resistance.” “It’s Darwinism at its finest,”
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