New York City Several former federal investigators now say that a missile likely caused the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, in which all 230 people aboard were killed, and that the official explanation for the disaster was intentionally falsified. The National Transportation Safety Board determined after a four-year investigation that a fuel tank explosion had caused the crash, which […]
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The Buddhist monks of the ‘Tiger Temple’ have been accused of abusing the tigers at their temple. Authorities raided the temple under allegations that the monks were abusing the tigers and selling their parts for profit. The monks and the people that work with them have denied the allegations saying that they don’t have any evidence of the mistreatment. One […]
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Brain function could decrease in seniors after retirement. If you are looking forward to a more leisurely retirement after years of working you may need to think about this. It’s been researched that when the working brain becomes the retired brain it may start to lose brain function. Researchers found that short-term memory starts to decline 40% faster after you […]
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For showing a picture of a tube of toothpaste with the words “Squeeze Russia out of yourself” Andrei Bubeyev was arrested and sentenced to over two years in prison. He showed this to twelve of his friends on social media under his private setting and didn’t know that others besides his friends could see the post. Since 2010 there has […]
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Norway’s oil wealth has made us selfish and greedy, said Jan Kaerstad. Like other Scandinavians, we once embraced a third way between socialism and capitalism, believing that a more equitable society would result if we would take a bit from the rich and give it to the poor, and provide a decent level of services for all citizens. A few […]
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American culture is sick, and secularism is the cause of our disease. That, said Steve Chapman, is the contention of religious conservatives like presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who insist that feminists, liberals, and gay marriage have undermined traditional morality, and that only a return to our Christian roots will cure what ails us. But all evidence suggests that this view […]
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As the world’s largest land mammals, elephants should suffer one of the highest cancer rates—they simply have far more cells that could potentially mutate and become malignant. But new research reveals that elephants rarely get cancer—and the reason why may help in the search for human treatments. Only about 4.8 percent of elephants die from cancer, compared with up to […]
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We should be aware of the products that we are consuming and letting our children consume. When companies spray pesticides, it gets into the food that we eat and then eventually into our bodies. The EPA ran tests on the food that we eat like fruits, vegetables, and dairy and found that over 50% of the items tested showed that […]
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A study in Russia has shown that dolphins while traveling through the ocean at incredible speeds, fighting with sharks still have the time to have a chat with each other. Dolphins chat via sonar with other dolphins like having a conversation like people. Like people they are very polite, like waiting without interrupting while the other is “speaking”. Dolphins are […]
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Scientists have discovered a new branch of the Taurids meteor stream that could prove to be a major disaster for Earth, with asteroids up to 1,000 feet wide flying past us every few years. The Taurids meteor shower peaks every October and November, producing a relatively small display of shooting stars as Earth passes through its stream. Meteor showers are […]
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