[BLOG] Some Monday science links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster notes that there is a class for bright F-class stars to host Earth-like worlds, and observes that the ESA's Rosetta probe is set to rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko.


• D-Brief suggests that mitochondrial damage might be responsible for so-called "Gulf War syndrome".


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that the Kepler satellite can detect large exomoons, links to a paper suggesting that Jupiters aren't needed to deliver water to the surfaces of rocky habitable-zone planets, and observes that the geological cycles of the Earth are necessary for life.