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The crater of Mount Pinatubo is filling with water and scientists warn that it?s about to burst. Pinatubo erupted violently in 1991. Now the lake water level inside the crater is rising, effecting a geological fault in the crater called the Maraunot notch.

They believe it could give way at any time, sending an avalanche of mud over the towns and villages below. Emergency agencies are calling for immediate action to prevent a disaster. ?Two things are for certain, the lake water level is rising and the Maraunot notch will eventually be breached,? according to a geology research team commissioned by the charity group Oxfam.
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Scientists are planning to hatch dinosaurs from chicken eggs by turning back the evolutionary clock to when birds were dinosaurs. They believe advances in DNA technology could make such a feat possible in 60 to 100 years.

Modern birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, and some say that structurally birds are dinosaurs. Major differences between species can already be created or removed with surprising ease. Already one team at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles has succeeded in getting the beaks of chicken embryos to grow budding teeth. This is a feature bird ancestors lost 60 million years ago, soon after the death of the dinosaurs. Researchers have partially restored legs to snakes and eyes to eyeless cave fish. read more

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Whitley’s new novel, the Last Vampire is out and he’s on tour for it this week and next week.

August 8 Denver The Tattered Cover 7:30 PM.

August 9 Boulder Boulder Bookstore 7:30 PM.

August 13 San Francisco Booksmith 7:00 PM.

August 15 Orange County Book Carnival 6:30PM.

August 16 Los Angeles Brentano’s Century City 7:00 PM.

August 23 Austin Book People 7:00 PM.

Whitley will be reading from the Last Vampire and telling you why he’s turned to fiction to plumb the secrets hidden in his unconscious mind. He’ll also be answering any and all questions.
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