Exploring the Infinite
This might be funny if it weren’t so sad… Catholic nuns group ‘stunned’ by Vatican slap From the page: A prominent U.S. Catholic nuns group said Thursday that it was “stunned” that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social-justice concerns and not enough on condemning abortion and gay marriage. In a stinging report on
Of Monsters and Men
by Michael Shapcott
BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs and Fish with Oozing Sores From the page: How bad is it? The effect that the oil spill and its reckless cleanup has on sea life is frightening, damning and sad. Here’s a list of deformities that Al Jazeera found in its report: *Shrimp with tumors on their heads *Shrimp with defects
Clean Tech Could Disappear — But It Doesn’t Have to From the page: The end goal is to allow wind and solar to compete with natural gas—or electric cars with gas-powered ones—without the need for any government support. These technologies can’t stand on their own quite yet, which isn’t surprising: Wind and solar are competing against the oil and gas
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by Katherine Chen
Horse installation, by Stella McCartney in tribute to her Mum via Anzu
by Bernard Dumaine and Karena A. Karras
Blood Falls From the page: Roughly two million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist in
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What’s up with the Uber-Christians in Tennessee? First, they approve the Anti-Science Bill, now this? Christians Fight for Their Children’s God-Given Right to Bully Gay Kids From the page: …but in Tennessee, lawmakers are now attempting to make it legal for jerkhole kids to bully other kids based on their religious preference — or lack thereof.