Building a wall
To keep out foreign extremists and refugees seeking work, Saudi Arabia is now building a 600-mile wall along its border with Iraq, and is strengthening fortifications along its 1,060- mile border with Yemen.
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Life-friendly lake on mars
NASA scientists have discovered evidence that a large freshwater lake existed on Mars billion of years ago, further strengthening the case that Earth’s neighbor once harbored life.The lake was part of a network of waterways that could have lasted thousands or even millions of years—possibly long enough for simple organisms to take hold there.Those conclusions come from an analysis of […]
Read moreC.S. Lewis Quote – Friendship Is Born
“Friendship is born at the moment one person says to another: ‘What? You too? I thought I was, the only one.’” – C.S. Lewis
Read morePoem – The Calendar (By David Russell)
The Calendar The sun coughed, scattered itself for a split second into myriad droplets – so divided, poured itself into the central chasm, flattening it to glory, clinching the final resilience of the chasm’s rocks – that reject sediment, so newly refined. Its roughage thickened the barriers against itself. In the beginning of time was its end, finally clinched to […]
Read moreOur Thoughts Become Actions
Our thoughts become our actions, and our actions become habits. Our habits then become the kind of person we are, and the kind of person you are decides the kind of life you choose to live.”
Read moreSaint Francis of Assisi Quote – When We Pray To God
“When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing — nothing.” – Saint Francis of Assisi
Read moreBalance your heart and mind
Cartoon – The Dawn of vegetarianism
Cartoon – The Dawn of vegetarianism
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Resurrecting an ancient virus
French researchers have revived a dormant and previously unknown virus from a 30,000-year-old sample of Siberian permafrost. The pathogen poses no threat to humans, but its zombie-like return to an infectious state demonstrates the remarkable durability of microbes and raises the question of whether unknown, disease-causing viruses from some ancient era might be locked in ice. [This] is a good […]
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