Molly reports on the search for life on mars, the creation of artificial life on earth, and the speculation of life on Venus. Assets: two shetland lambs, one lamb lying in grass, Iron Meteorite, Iron Meteorite 2, Geode, Geode Wide, Group of Rocks, Mounted Rocks and Minerals, night sky, Fluffy Clouds, Tom Cruise Samurai 1, Mount Fuji, japanese first lady, Ranma Saotome from Ranma 1/2, venus, Tom cruise last samurai, Cruise in seoul, bed in a hotel, sleep masks, UN photo, Japan PM, World Economic photo, tom cruise, italian policemen, double helix, earth, Guy Fawkes, enemy of the church, Investigator.

Story links: Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission, Monorail Cat, Newsreader attacked by giant seagull, Howard Dean on Dr. Nancy - Giant bug crawls in background!, Internet, Twitter Blocked in China City After Ethnic Riot, Still No Internet or SMS Allowed in China’s Muslim Region, 1/4 of China’s territory has been cut off from Internet…, Youth ‘cannot live’ without web, The Battle Between the White House and Fox News, Reality Check: Turning a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame, Geraldo Rivera: Balloon Boy Dad Richard Heene Is A “Piece Of Crap”, Vanna Bonta quotation, Music: Invisible by I am Jen, Sunset in the Woods by Podington Bear, Neff Fountain by Genna Douglass, Snowflakes by Demerit 7

Pair with same first, last name to wed, How to Go to Mars–Right Now!, China and Russia to Mars, $18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov website, NYPD spends neary $1M on Typewriters, July eclipse is best chance to look for gravity anomaly , The Sims 3, Gundam 30th Anniversary, Gundam RX-78-2 in Odaiba, Gundam in Odaiba, io9: 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots

Salem Witch Trials, Henry Allingham: World’s Oldest Man Dies At 113, Henry Allingham image, Family Tree 1, 2, Flag of the United Kingdom, Walter Breuning, Great Falls, Montana, The Fall Guy, Caught on Tape! Goo Invades Alaskan Waters , or WTF Is That!?: 12-Mile Biological Goo In Arctic, Unidentified Biological “Goo,” 15 Miles Long, Creeps Down Alaskan Coast, Caught on Tape! Goo Invades Alaskan Waters, Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers, World Snail Racing Championships, Mars Science Laboratory: Send Your Name to Mars, Walter Cronkite, 92, Dies; Trusted Voice of TV News

Motoman industrial robot cooks okonomiyaki, See-saw bike, NASA Mars photo leaked - wood found on mars!, NASA, Edna Parker dies at 115, Portugal, Supercentenarian, Oldest people, Maria de Jesus, The Big Picture by Helen Marshall, Arthur James Bunce, NY Times Obama Newspaper - Brand new - never opened, Chris Christmas Rodriguez

Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover Spirit, MarsPhoenix on Twitter, Spirit, hit by a regional dust storm, has reached lowest power levels ever,  Oppy is heading out on a road trip, Cassini Saturn, Interview with Veronica McGregor, Amazing Japanese Zoo Training Drill With Fake Rhino, Captain Fantastic claims world’s longest name, Teenager’s new name is fantastic , Proposition R - Renaming the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant, City of San Francisco, NY Times Obama Newspaper $1000 on eBay, New York Times: Online Can’t Save Her Now, New York Times (NYT) Running On Fumes, NYTCo Takes $166 Million Writedown For New England Media Group; Faces $400M Refinancing, Vote Chris Christmas Rodriguez

NASA, Campaign Reveals Just a Little Bit of Coke’s Secret Formula, $100,000,000,000 bill from Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Faces 50 Million Percent Inflation, Uses Gasoline Coupons For Currency, The Zimbabwe Situation, Man Successfully Undergoes Double Arm Transplant, Goro, The Unofficial Mortal Kombat 3 Movie Page, MontyMash, Bodies in Urban Spaces via SwissMiss, Ian Usher, the guy who sold his life on eBay, Ian Usher wants to reach 100 Goals in 100 Weeks, Ian Usher Travels to Dubai, Matt Harding Dances at Yahoo