February 2012

Global map of Earth's forests (Image NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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NASA led a project that allowed the creation of a high-resolution map of the Earth’s forests and their height using data from the ICESat satellite combined with data from other space missions and the WorldClim database.

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Alice Mary Norton, this is her birth name, was born on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1934 she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, a more masculine name that seemed more suited to a market in which readers were mostly boys. For her 70-year career she’s known as the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Doctor Who - Planet of Fire

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“Planet of Fire” is an adventure of the twentyfirst season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1984 featuring the Fifth Doctor, Turlough, Kamelion and Peri. It’s a four parts adventure written by Peter Grimwade and directed by Fiona Cumming.