There are some subjects that have fascinated me since I was a little kid. I like science. I like history. I like to know the history of how we became the nation that we are today. The founding of our nation from the time of the Jamestown Colony to the time of the Revolution...
Scientists take incredible risks sometimes, especially those looking for traces of our ancestors in the deep freeze. According to this report, the Russian scientists should have packed up and headed for home...
Scientists are stimulated by the confirmation of last summer’s space invaders. Meteorite chunks that landed in Morocco last July have been verified as rocks from Mars. A committee of meteorite experts confirmed that the 15 pounds of meteorite found in North Africa did...
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For all the following people in my circle of friends and family who have died from cancer since 2000, I hope they find a cure: MomDadAunt BettyAunt DeanFranOdieLindaBillCarlaRonJanice Those who have survived, so far: Courtney, my two yr old cousin, has leukemia, now four and...
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Fray Diego de Landa wrote of how Maya books, or codices, of “ancient matters and sciences” had been burned because they contained “superstition”. A more four codices survived, only one of which, the Grolier Codex, has remained in the Americas. Link
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"It could be one of the most ambitious computer projects ever conceived. An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international...
While scientists probe the secrets of outer space, much about the world on which we stand remains mysterious. To expand our knowledge, the Russian started a deep borehole drilling program to investigate geological theories about the formation of the earth.The thickness of...
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"Fish can shrink during particularly harsh winters, according to researchers.The scientists, based in Norway and Finland, discovered that juvenile brown trout reduced in length by as much as 1cm - a shrinkage of approximately 10%. They say this could help the young fish to...
" In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km. The event, reported in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, is the longest documented movement by a mammal. Its voyage was also twice...
There is a constant shouting among Republicans about the schools and the academia not reflecting their values. For this there is a very simple reason. The teaching and academic fields do not pay very much, so Republicans avoid them. Instead the people driven to these fields...
Prince Albert and Former Olympic Swimmer Charlene Wittstock Are to be Married For the first time since Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III in 1956, a reigning prince of Monaco will marry. Prince Albert, 52, has...
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Over the years many miracles have been documented and talked about by people who remembered the events that took place during the Italian saint Rose Viterbo's time back in the 13th century.
Noted for her...
"A few years ago, Ben Santer, a climate scientist with Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, answered a 10 p.m. doorbell ring at his home. After opening the door, he found a dead rat on his doorstep and a man in yellow Hummer speeding away while "shouting curses at me."Santer shared...
Drugs used to treat brittle bones could reduce the risk of breast cancer by almost 40%. In a study by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, Washington found a strong association...
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Iran has been avoiding real negotiations on the nuclear issue for years. It is very unlikely that Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will agree to a freeze on nuclear research and it is sure...
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