The Americas should get an excellent view of the "Blood Moon" tonight. This will be a full lunar eclipse, which means the Moon enters fully into the Earth's shadow. The eclipse starts around 2 a.m. EDT (11 p.m. PDT), with the effects most visible around 3 a.m. EDT (12 a.m. PDT).

As with all eclipses, there's various predictions going around about what's supposed to happen afterwards, everything from ascension to doomsday. There's also people pointing on that this lunar eclipse, as well the 3 to follow, all occur on Jewish holidays. Since the Jewish holidays are based upon a lunar calendar, certain holidays always happen on full moons. Lunar eclipses also always occur on full moons, so the fact that the eclipses and the Jewish holidays line up doesn't exactly seem like an incredible coincidence to me.

Happy moon-gazing!

TOKYO: A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a cherry tree grown from a seed that orbited the earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected — and with very surprising flowers.

The four-year-old sapling — grown from a cherry stone that spent time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) — burst into blossom on April 1, possibly a full six years ahead of Mother Nature's normal schedule.

Its early blooming baffled Buddhist brothers at the ancient temple in central Japan where the tree is growing.

"We are amazed to see how fast it has grown," Masahiro Kajita, chief priest at the Ganjoji temple in Gifu, told AFP by telephone.

"A stone from the original tree had never sprouted before. We are very happy because it will succeed the old tree, which is said to be 1,250 years old."

Read the rest here... (indiatimes.com)

Lead investigator Dr Mark Hulett said the discovery has potential for use in cancer treatment.

‘There is some irony in the fact that a powerful defence mechanism against cancer is found in the flower of a species of ornamental tobacco plant, but this is a welcome discovery, whatever the origin,’ Dr Hulett said.

Read the full article here... (latrobe.edu.au)

There are scientists who think we have unlimited powers of which we are unaware of.

It is possible to expand traditional science to include human consciousness and human intention to such a degree that we can change what we define as "physical reality"?

Professor William A. Tiller is someone many people would describe as a scientist ahead of his time.

His ideas and theories are intriguing, though-provoking and challenging to the orthodox scientific community. He invites people on a journey beyond traditional science.

Among many things, Professor Tiller is convinced that we can evolve our mind and emotions to such an extent that we actually influence our daily lives in physical reality.

In other words, he suggests that our thoughts can change reality.

He also has a different view on the human body and the nature of consciousness.

Professor Tiller sees humans as spirits dressed in bio-body suits and we enormous powers of which we are unaware. According to Tiller, consciousness is a byproduct of spirit entering dense matter.

Interesting parts of a University of Utah press release:

Today's event is the largest earthquake at Yellowstone since February 22, 1980, and occurred near the center of a region of recent ground uplift described in a YVO Information Statement on February 18, 2014. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has been tracking this uplift episode for about 7 months.

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that a light earthquake occurred at 06:34 AM on March 30, 2014 (MDT). The epicenter of the magnitude 4.8 shock was located 4 miles north-northeast of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. This earthquake is part of a series of earthquakes that began in this area on Thursday, March 27. As of 8:15 am today, this series has included at least 25 earthquakes in addition to the main shock, with the largest of magnitude 3.1. The magnitude 4.8 main shock was reported felt in Yellowstone National Park and in the towns of West
Yellowstone and Gardiner, Montana.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu60061837#summary