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- There Is No Such Thing As 'Traditional Marriage' (25 comments)
- The Radical Pacifist History of Mother's Day (6 comments)
- How the Ancient Egyptians understood binary stars 3,200 years ago - and their calculations have helped solve a modern dilemma | Mail Online (9 comments)
- Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered - Yahoo! News (1 comment)
How the Ancient Egyptians understood binary stars 3,200 years ago - and their calculations have helped solve a modern dilemma | Mail Online
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:16 AM EDT (the Mail online)
Startling evidence suggests the ancient Egyptians understood the inner mechanics of a binary star system, spinning through our skies 93 light years away, more than 3,200 years ago.
There Is No Such Thing As 'Traditional Marriage'
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 4:24 PM EDT (Outside the Beltway)
The debate over same-sex marriage usually begins with someone on the right claiming that they oppose the idea of two men or two women being married because they wish to defend “traditional marriage.” What becomes clear after a short while, though, is that their idea …
Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 5:27 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago.
The Radical Pacifist History of Mother's Day
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 5:36 AM EDT (Nation of Change)
Mother's Day began in America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation. Written in response to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, her proclamation called on women to use their position as mothers to influence society in fighting for …
Bionic Eye: Blind Man Chris James Sees After Operation Gives Rudimentary Vision | UK News | Sky News
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 2:31 AM EDT (Sky.com)
A blind man has had a bionic eye implant that gives him rudimentary vision. Chris James, who had been totally blind for more than 20 years, is the first British patient to be fitted with a digital chip similar to those used in mobile phone cameras.
So long, and thanks for all the fish! Dolphins help Brazilian fisherman catch their prey, then swim off (but what's in it for them?) | Mail Online
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 1:47 PM EDT (the Mail online)
Dolphins have started lending a hand (or fin) to a small group of fishermen in Brazil. The startling human-dolphin relationship occurs in Laguna, Brazil, where the bottlenose dolphins will herd mullet fish towards the fishermen and then - with a flick of their heads and tails …
The heart that healed itself: Mother, 20, avoids transplant thanks to pioneering device | Mail Online
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 11:24 AM EDT (the Mail online)
When Stevie Caffrey collapsed only days after giving birth, doctors warned she would die without a heart transplant.
Man's remotest relative and one of the world's oldest organisms found - in the sludge of a lake in Norway | Mail Online
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:18 PM EDT (the Mail online)
Scientists say they have found one of the world's oldest living organisms and man's remotest relative - after spending two decades examining a microscopic algae-eater that lives in a lake in Norway.
Hundreds of 5-year-old municipal vehicles found in Miami that were never used
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:39 PM EDT ()
Have you ever bought a brand new cars only to forget where you put it? How about 300 of them? Probably not – unless you're Miami-Dade County, which was recently reunited with 298 vehicles it bought brand new between 2006 and 2007.
Bright Purple Crab Discovered in Philippines | Newfound Species | Biodiversity Hotposts | OurAmazingPlanet.com
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:07 PM EDT ()
Four new species of crab that sport some wild colors have been discovered near the Philippine island of Palawan.
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