Post 9/11: What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?

The world is remembering the eight anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which killed nearly 3,000 people, but tens of thousands of others now mourn the deaths of those who unvoluntarily paid...

World's Oldest Pot Stash - Did it Offer an Afterlife High?

Researchers have found a stash of marijuana in a Chinese tomb that is scientifically dated 2,700 years old."OTTAWA - Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote...

Caviar quality put under the microscope

For the rich and famous no party is really stylish without caviar and that has to be of the highest qualty usually Russian rather than American. That could all change if researchers at Washington State University...

Faces of Bali - Serangan Island

"Serangan island, a 73-hectare island located just 250 metres off the southeast coast of Bali, is the resident of Sakenan temple–one of the most visited temple for religious purpose on the southern part,...

Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells

Brave new world alert: a Finnish man had his upper jaw replaced by a new jaw grown from his own stem cells and incubated in his abdomen for nine months.Somewhere in America a big dog barked."Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a...

Is GM maize the answer to Mexico's tortilla shortages?

"In Mexico maize is becoming scarce and the price of tortillas, the staple food in Mexico, has risen dramatically. While the population is demonstrating on the streets, the national farmers’ association sees the cultivation of genetically modified maize as the ultimate...

Anna Nicole Smith died of unknown causes in a Florida hotel room

"Anna Nicole Smith, a postmodern pinup for a tabloid age, died of unknown causes Thursday in a Florida hotel room, her sudden death at 39 delivering the same shock and uproar as the celebrity life she cultivated. Smith was in her sixth-floor room at the Seminole Hard Rock...

This Star Search Hunts for Trees Worthy of Memorial

MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 17 — From the gently inclined open field at Back Bone Hill and Stillhouse Roads, ground zero is 38 miles away. Thirty-eight miles and three years.This is the field where 380...

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