84-year-old Quebec man bikes his way to Olympics

84-year-old Albert Leblanc from Maria, Quebec, biked 800 km from his native town to Montreal to catch a plane to Beijing, from where he will bike again to the Olympic Bird Nest Stadium. It won't be the first time...

Warming world sends plants uphill

"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as...

Spin Doctors Spin the Spin Master Mark Penn Departure

Spin Doctors Spin the Spin Master Mark Penn's Departure from the Clinton Campaign Politisite reported  on NowPublic and its Blogs  that Mark Penn had stepped down as the Clinton Campaign's Chief Strategist...

An Egyptian Uses Insects To Determine Time of Death!

"They call it Forensic Entomology, where forensics refers to the determination of the cause, location and time of death and Entomology is the study of insects.Forensic Entomology uses insects to help law inspectors...

Carbon-dioxide out; "synchronized chaos" in MAJOR NEW THEORY PROPOSED TO EX...

""Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt"--Washington Post headline, November 2, 1922.        If there was any doubt that fear-mongering has long been cherished...

Massive Pileup: Tour of California

The second stage of the Tour of California took place yesterday, as riders raced between Sausalito and Santa Rosa. The day was marked by a large pile-up, and some bicycle controversy. "So race officials at the Tour...

Downpours Flood Kenya as Delegates Meet to Discuss Deadly Drought-Flood Cycles

"Since then, at least 60 000 Kenyans - 50 000 on the coast and 10 000 in the northeast - have been forced from their homes by flood waters that have washed away crop fields, bridges and roads and destroyed numerous buildings. "All these people are directly affected or...

Election 2006 November 7 -- The State With The Largest Difference

POLL:    The largest difference between Exit Poll and Vote Count.  

Earth's 'Wobbles' Spurring Cycles of Evolution and Extinction?

From the National Geographic: Small changes in Earth's orbit and tilt may have regulated the cyclical rise and fall of many prehistoric mammal species, new research suggests.Earth's orbital patterns are believed to drive long-term climate change.Over millions of years these...

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