Cartoon – Faux Proof
Author: Antarctica Journal
To Delay Aging, Spend More Time Standing Up
To delay aging, spend more time standing up. That’s the surprising conclusion of a new study by Swedish scientists, reports The Daily Telegraph (U.K.). Researchers at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm took blood samples from a group of sedentary, overweight men and women, all 68 years old, and measured the length of their telomeres—caps on the ends of DNA that […]
Read moreNational Geographic Adds New Ocean To World Map
The National Geographic Society has joined scientists from around the world in adding a fifth named ocean to the world map even though the idea is still not accepted by all countries. For World Oceans Day on Tuesday, the society announced it is recognizing the Southern Ocean, which circles Antarctica up to a latitude of 60 degrees South. It joins […]
Read moreCartoon – Onion Farmer Of The Year
Cartoon – Extreme Pie In the Face
Voyager 1 Escaping Our Solar System
On the 35th anniversary of its launch, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is close to becoming the first man-made object to escape our solar system. The spacecraft—run by a 1977 computer 100,000 times less powerful than an iPod Nano—is currently 11.3 billion miles away. In 2004, Voyager 1 entered the turbulent boundary zone beyond Pluto, where solar winds encounter plasma pushing […]
Read moreSong Lyrics – Space Inside (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Space Inside by, Melissa R. Mendelson Close your eyes. Wish the past away. Please, just go away, But it haunts me inside, Chasing me down Through the corridors Of my now beating heart. I want to disappear, Forget the struggles That brought me down, But I hear them now, Calling inside. They’re crawling in the space, Where I […]
Read moreMarcus Antonius Quote – Consider
“Consider how much more often you suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.” – Marcus Antonius
Read moreMahatma Gandhi Quote – Human Need
There is enough in the world for human need, but not human greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Read morePoem – What Is Family (By Melissa R Mendelson)
Soft, golden rays of sun race across deep, blue water, breathtaking in sight, the touch of life, but the waters could run cold, washing conflict across the shore, and drown deep into misery, turmoil over time. But love never dies. My family holds strong through arguments and heartbreak, and we keep our heads above water. We don’t understand one another. […]
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