Pope Francis Quote – Christ’s Ambassadors
“Christ has made you his ambassadors, the primary evangelizers of your contemporaries.” – Pope Francis
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Climate deal unveiled in Paris, a ‘historic turning point’
Global climate envoys agreed a landmark accord on Saturday, setting the course for a “historic” transformation of the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. At the tail end of the hottest year on record and after four years of fraught U.N. talks often pitting the interests of rich nations against poor, imperiled island […]
Read moreStephen Levine Quote – Non-Attachment
“Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to arise without closing around it, without eliminating the pure witness of being. It is an active receptivity to life.” – Stephen Levine
Read moreCoral reefs continue to die until carbon output drops
Scientists have concluded for the last decade that more-acidic seas have been harming coral, making it more difficult for coral reefs to grow or regenerate themselves. Conducting an experiment over the course of 22 days, scientists flooded Australia’s Great Barrier Reef with an antacid. They found that by lowering the water’s acidity, it caused the coral to grow. Research has […]
Read morePoem – Space Capsule Volunteer (By David Russell)
Space Capsule Volunteer The final pull of severance will magnify you The downward controls make you equal to the general gravitation You are higher than the air, and so you leave, You are bigger than the air, and so you breathe Caught in a feeling circle Knowing measurements for what they are Your particles arrested Your museum […]
Read moreWalter Elliott Quote – Perseverance
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliott
Read moreAndré Gide Quote – Everything Must Be Said Again
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – André Gide
Read moreDriverless Cars and Memory Chips
Portion of Americans who say they would ride in driverless cars if the technology were available: 1/2 Who say they would get memory chips installed in their brains: 1/4
Read moreStrokes Linked To Heavy drinking
Men who average three drinks a day and women who average two face a significantly higher risk for stroke in middle age, a new study has found. The study by Swedish scientists examined drinking habits of more than 11,000 twins over four decades, and found that those they defined as “heavy” drinkers in their 50s and 60s have a 34 […]
Read moreCartoon – The Real Reason Dinosaurs Become Extinct
