by Mumin Salih

"It is the flat floor of the universe. The Quran views the earth as an equal, but opposite to the sky. Again there are seven similar earths. Some Muslims claim that Allah meant the seven layers of earth, which cannot be true because the Quran says similar earths. The...

Polar brrrrr! Hundreds turn out for a chilly tradition

"Polar brrrrr! Hundreds turn out for a chilly tradition By AMY ROLPH P-I REPORTER Hundreds of polar bears were spotted in Seattle on Tuesday. But not the big, white, furry kind.These polar bears trudged into Matthews...

Popular Science - 2007 Innovation Of The Year

"PowerSheet is “green”, aluminum silver, and inked all over and comes in as Popular Science’s 2007 Innovation Of The Year. The PowerSheet represents a new way capturing energy from the sun. What makes the...

South America chokes as Amazon burns

Vast areas of Brazil and Paraguay and much of Bolivia are choking under thick layers of smoking forest." Fires rage out of control in the Amazon rainforest, forcing the cancellation of flights. Satellite images yesterday showed huge clouds of smoke and much of the Amazon...

Heavy snowfall in Chile causes record damage

It's winter in the southern hemisphere. Even so, the snow hitting Chile is record breaking--it's the worst snowfall to hit the South American country in eight years. Yet another sign of climate change (along with...

US big business funnels hundreds of millions into presidential campaigns

"With the 2008 US presidential election still more than 17 months away, and primaries not scheduled until next year, a “money primary” is well under way to separate the “serious” candidates—those with the most support from corporate America—from the rest. Largely...

IT WAS ALL ABOUT OIL

"Despite years of protestations that we didn't invade Iraq because of oil, a claim even most Republicans I talk to don't believe, we now have nearly irrefutable evidence that it was. Today's Washington Post reports the following: House and Senate negotiators reached...

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