science links
Heres a very interesting article about red rain that occurred in Kerala, a state of India, in 2001; it has been claimed to have been caused by "bacteria living cells like" particles, that came from a meteor!
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/exclusives-nfrm/060104_specks.htm
Heres an article describing a hypothetical propulsion scheme to reach Mars in 3 hours (currently it takes 6 monhts)
Scientists moot gravity-busting hyperdrive