A study done by British researchers shows that bees can get sick and recover after the immune system actively fights off viruses or parasites. Researchers said on Wednesday that bumblebees can get ill and seems to...
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"If America Is an Empire, then Why Is Gas So Expensive? Imperial considerations. By Thomas F. Madden America has become an empire. Everyone says so. This is a surprise to most Americans, since few imagined that they were building such a thing. But, as historians such as...
"The Boston Tea Party was a direct action against a corporate monopoly that led to the birth of the United States. The raiders of the Tea Party pledged silence for 50 years. One of them, George R. T. Hewes, lived...
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I am an Italian descendent, the Brazilian first lady is also. Really looks like everyone I know in Brazil has some Italian blood. Very interesting article. "As you probably know, the Italian word ciao is...
"The philosopher Derek Parfit put it starkly: we are not what we believe ourselves to be.
Actions and experiences are interconnected but ownerless.
A human life consists of a long series - or bundle - of enmeshed mental states rolling like tumbleweed down the days and years,...
"One of the largest problems of living outside of this Oblate Spheroid is the sustainability of human life with air, water, and an adequate food source.
Early efforts to create closed capsule-like living...
The folks at AP sent us an email the other day:"Take a look at this description of one of the first newspapers in America:
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The paper was 4 pages long. “The first three pages contained two columns of news…; the fourth page was blank, so...
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International Terror has forced the US to respond. After 6 presidents since GW Bush did nothing to fight the terror and countless American Citizens being murdered in cold blood. The US decided to fight back, but...
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"Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees?
March 1, 2007, By Lisa Duchene, Research Penn State
Far away from the snowdrifts outside our windows, spring is unfolding in California as the almond trees begin to...
"Scientists are reporting a dramatic loss of honeybee colonies. Some beekeepers say they're losing 20 percent of their bees, others say half, some say 80 percent. They open the hives to find the bees dead, or gone....
The Great Fire of London occurred September 2, 1666, it was the 9/11 of its day. It's impact was not unlike that of 9/11. Who had done the dastardly deed? Why had it occcured? Speculation and conspiracy theories abounded. Just as have followed in the wake of 9/11.
POLL: "I would support the introduction of the draft so my country could achieve world domination." "I would support the introduction of the draft to prevent an enemy country from achieving world domination." "I would oppose...
From September 24, 1941, the Japanese Consul General in Hawaii sent
a special series of messages back to Japan. This series of messages
made it obvious that Pearl Harbor was a target. Included were details
of the disposition of warships in the harbor. On October 9, 1941,...
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The problem with an American citizenship test, is that many current American citizens would fail it. Some current American citizens would fail it miserably. But to be fair, that's true of many countries.