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Author: Antarctica Journal
Starburst galaxy sheds light on longstanding cosmic mystery
Scientists from the University of Delaware’s Bartol Research Institute in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have discovered very-high-energy gamma rays in the Cigar Galaxy (M82), a bright galaxy filled with exploding stars 12 million light years from Earth. The gamma rays observed by the team have energies more than a trillion times higher than the energy of visible light […]
Read moreJackie Robinson Quote – Impact On Other Lives
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Jackie Robinson
Read moreCharles Caleb Colton quote – Men will wrangle for religion
“Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.” – Charles Caleb Colton
Read morePoem – Memorial (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Atrocious moments in time paint history in red, and a thousand words can’t silence a million tears shed. Beautiful faces and gentle hands disappear from lives led, and golden grains of love slip from hearts bled from icy teardrops of loss, chasing pain and dread. But never would they be forgotten for all they dreamt and said, and always […]
Read moreThe Ghost Inside – Song Lyrics
“What do you stand for? Tell me now, what do you stand for? So sing your song with the highest choir; preach from the top of the world. Share your voice. Admiration of the highest degree. I’m washing my hands of this and leaving it all behind. I’ll wash my hands. And leave it behind.” – The Ghost Inside
Read moreWill Ghana’s Local Crops Die Out?
Ghana is being pressured to sell out it’s global agribusiness. The U.S. and the global seed industry are trying to strong-arm Ghana into adopting the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, known as UPOV. The treaty confers intellectual property rights on huge seed companies such as Monsanto and locks farmers into a limited selection of […]
Read moreMoney Moved Into Offshore Bank Accounts
Minimum amount that Chinese citizens have moved into offshore bank accounts since 2002: $1,000,000,000,000
Read morePoem – Not Another (By JD Dehart)
Not Another Not another poem about the crunch of autumn leaves; I would stuff the leaves in my mouth, chew them, and make a collage. Not another poem about pristine snow; I’d mark it with my humanity, trying to write a sonnet in human emotion on an otherwise untouched canvas. Not another poem about the cold of reason; I […]
Read morePoem – Reflections of Infinity (By Fern G. Z. Carr)
Reflections of Infinity – By Fern G. Z. Carr At opposing ends of a corridor, two mirrors confront each other in a contest of wills stubbornly flinging images into infinity – a cycle of reincarnation animating the essence of reflected light. FERN G. Z. CARR is a director of Project Literacy, lawyer, teacher and past president of the Society for […]
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