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Learn more*Cats Leaving the Cradle * Mohawk Nation News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ * *MNN. Apr. 9, 2010. When the English defeated the French to steal Great Turtle Island, the Catholic Church started the “rev...
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Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo: www.treehugger.com The World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth is underway online. Today's selection comes from the ...
Pluto has been suffering an identity crisis of late, but astronomers have identified dozens of small dwarf planet candidates that could make Pluto feel a little better about itself.
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Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com *US universities are now hunting grounds for vulnerables, as the CIA and Homeland Security set up shop on campuses, with global cyber spies and special agent...
*Media Matters sends Murdoch more than a dozen examples of Fox News promoting the Tea Party movement * Media Matters April 8, 2010 Washington, DC - Today, Media Matters for America's Ari Rabin-Havt sen...
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*Les Fradkin is a fascinating personality* and an excellent musician, composer, producer, guitarist and Ztarist. In my recent article on electronics for music I referred to him and his *Ztar* as part of m...
Even the Dalai Lama isn't safe from hackers. Unknown cyber spies, most them operating from computer servers located in the People's Republic of China, used cloud computing systems, social networking platfo...
A new thermal engine produces more energy than it consumes by tapping water temperature differences.
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to attempt a record-breaking free fall from 120,000 feet above the Earth. It's not the kind of jump a person can do with a conventional sky-diving suit and helmet....
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From: Adam GrovesEmail: adam.groves@oneworld.net Phone: +44-20-7922-7844 *OneClimate Channel enables everyone to attend World Climate Conference in Bolivia* *Media release * * *ople’s Climate Summit, whic...
How much does Tiger Woods dominate golf? A mathematician provides an exact answer.
A mystery surrounding drawings of dinosaurs spotted in a B-roll still for the Pixar movie "Up" has just been solved.
Nine recently discovered stone monuments in England predate Stonehenge but share similar construction and alignment with the famous megaliths.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Richard Nixon sought the Presidency an underdog. To win he had to reshape American politics. He had to force a realignment which his strategist, Kevin Phillips, cal...
Who needs aspirin when cold, hard cash could ease your aches and pains?
New research into the sharks' behavior suggests they might hunt giant squid in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Although it was designed to nuke cities, a Dnepr rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome today carrying a critical mission into space intended to keep a close eye on the condition of Earth's "cryosphere."
CANADA/ENVIRONMENT - 184 new solar, wind and water "clean energy" projects will be up and running by 2012. They received the green light today. The renewable energy projects will supply almost 2,500 megawa...
After every national tragedy, from the Columbine school shooting to terrorist attacks to mine disasters, there is call for reform. Blame and outrage mix with sadness, spurring politicians and regulators to...
An early forecast for the 2010 hurricane season predicts an above average season. But it may be too soon to tell.
Trillions of friendly bacteria live in our guts in a mutually beneficial relationship with their hosts.
Precariously balanced rocks reveal that earthquake hazard maps often overestimate the risk of shaking.
The University of Tokyo's JSK Robotics Laboratory recently unveiled Kojiro, a new humanoid robot designed to operate in a household environment. Built from lightweight, flexible material on a skeletal stru...
*Listen music and words from Comunidad Aylluñan amayumpi: **Contribution to the Harmony Work Group, at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia* Working gr...
At least 200 people were buried and feared dead under the latest landslide to hit a slum in Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area.
Why bother cleaning clogged arteries when you can simply grow new ones?
A new species of human found in a South African cave lived around 1.95 million years ago, had smallish teeth and walked upright.
Why does warm water sometimes freezes faster than cold? A physicist says he has the answer.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy The U.S. Supreme Court has decreed: corporations are now people. They have been given rights that only real people had before. Worse --corporations remain 'privilege...
Physicists have created something akin to a black hole in their labs. It's on the atomic scale, that is, very, very small. But it's the first time anything like this has ever been done and the experiment c...
Military Police Complaints Commission told that military police had no idea what happened to Afghan prisoners after they were handed over to Afghan authorities, follow-up not part of job description. Swed...
The latest news about sea turtles makes me want to cry. Too many endangered turtles are still getting caught accidentally in fishing gear. Can environmental activists, engineers, the government, and fisher...
The Wildlife Conservation Society has just released a list of critically endangered species dubbed the “Rarest of the Rare” – a group of animals most in danger of extinction, from primates to horses. (Imag...
Not much is known about flocking behavior in birds. Why does a group of birds moving in one direction suddenly veer, dive and swoop all together without missing a wing beat? To find out, scientists from Br...
Astronomers have discovered the coolest brown dwarf to date with some peculiar characteristics. Has a new class of brown dwarf been discovered right on our interstellar doorstep?
By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ It is spring, a time for less words and more beauty. Today's contribution is from the working group Referendum, which is underway online...
Climate change has claimed two more of the moving icefields at this national park, reducing their numbers to 25.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy There is not a shred of credible and/or admissible evidence to support the Bush administration's official conspiracy theory of 911. The theory is ludicrous on its fa...
A young humpback whale is clinging to life on an East Hampton beach. Rescuers are debating whether or not to sedate and euthanize it, but bystanders are frustrated that more isn't being done to save the wh...
CANADA - Canada's economy is the fastest growing of all the G7 Nations according to a new report released today that estimates Canada's economic growth was 6.2% during January to March 2010. The G7 is an ...
Astronomers may have finally explained a mysterious eclipse first observed in the 19th century.
The other day, I was driving down the freeway and I noticed that more and more billboards are going digital. They're like giant LCD televisions in the sky, promoting this or that with video, animated graph...
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So not to feel left out, scientists at Fermilab have released their own rap video, but will it top the famous European nerdcore "LHC Rap"?
A young humpback whale is clinging to life on an East Hampton beach. Rescuers are debating whether or not to sedate and euthanize it, but bystanders are frustrated that more isn't being done to save the wh...
The Soviets had long laid the blame for the 22,000 murders on Nazi Germany -- a lie told for decades to the Russian people.
VIDEO: Glimpses of Indigenous Struggle now available at Earthcycles, http://www.earthcycles.net/, as we prepare for the World's People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, live fr...
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*Electronic music is more then* strange hisses and blurps, computers, tone-generators and complex electronic equipment. About 1966 I had the pleasure to work for the Dutch "Philips" company, where I got a...
Overcoming a rare antenna breakdown, space shuttle Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station early Wednesday.
"What to do with all that CO2?" It's a question that's always vexed me, especially when I'm stuck in traffic behind five semis, two SUVs, and we're all doing 85MPH while passing a plant like the one pictur...
Analysis of sandals buried with the boy king suggest the sometimes elaborate footwear was made to accommodate his club foot.
Southwest Airlines switches over to satellite navigation for landing approaches to save money on fuel.
*Today on Native America Calling* *Wednesday, April 07, 2010– Tweaking the NAGPRA Rules: *Last month the National Park Service published a final rule that may be the key to unlock the door for the return of...
As the shuttle approaches retirement, a new deal has been signed by NASA to pay Russia $55.8 million per seat for six Soyuz flights to the space station from 2013 to 2014.
The initial shock and a brief tsunami warning sent residents fleeing from their homes.
Arctic sea ice extent is at its largest extent since 1979 entering this year's melt season. Scientists will have to wait out the summer to to see how much of the thin, newly-formed ice survives.
It will be some time before we know for sure how the tragic explosion happened, but the findings could affect safety laws for mines across the country.
CANADA - The RCMP has been ordered to up security around Canada's Parliament Hill following security concerns that a gunman might try to attack the center of Canada's government. Thus RCMP officers will n...
*While searching for videos to stream on Earthcycles in advance of the Bolivia Climate Summit, I found this wonderful video of our champion Floyd Westerman. --Brenda* Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Trevy ...
CANADA - The Canadian dollar briefly hit 100.12 cents US today, despite reports that Canada's economy during 2009 was actually in a deficit. The Canadian dollar is hot right now because of high oil prices....
Join the Yankton Sioux, and the sounds of Elk Soldier, for the Decolonization Gathering, with special guest speakers Philip Lane, Jr., Chris Matonumpa, Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Simon Sedillo and more, ...
TECHNOLOGY - Think you're safe from thieves while you go to work or on vacation? Think again. Smart thieves are using information from your Twitter and Facebook accounts to determine when you go on vacat...
CARS - Imagine if someone could hack into your car and turn your brakes on or off just by using a laptop remotely. Well it could happen and its possible Toyota has been a victim of computer hackers from r...
A blast of solar wind is currently pummeling Earth's magnetosphere, sparking the strongest geomagnetic storm so far this year, producing some stunning aurorae.
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Some folks wash their hands or take Vitamin C, zinc or echinacea to keep colds and flus at bay. But a new study shows that looking at sick people could do it. Mark Schaller, a psychologist at the Universit...
It's time for a musical interlude as BBC Radio 1 plays host to DJ James Zabiela who mixes an inspiring selection of tunes with a decidedly spacey theme.
*Listen and watch the Native American environmental movement icons of this era!* Norman Patrick Brown, Navajo, says there’s over 1,000 radioactive tailings sites today on the Navajo Nation. “How does on...
How could a colorful, 6-foot-long lizard go undocumented for so long?
The Internet has come a long way since it transmitted its first message, "lo," in 1969.
The Internet, GPS and state-of-the-art eye tracking technology could be combined to enhance everyday experiences.
Most robots are programmed. But this robot learns like a child, which can teach researchers more about human cognition.
* * *MORE OF THE SAME* The print edition of The Santa Cruz Comic News is a monthly journal of progressive political cartoons. Each issue features well over 100 cartoons from the nation’s leading editori...
BREAKING NEWS: Former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller dies Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller died in the morning hours of April 6 at her home in rural Adair County. (Courtesy ph...
A hairless, long-tailed animal touted as being an "Oriental yeti" may actually be a sick, common mammal.
*The Working Group "Climate Migrants" is at work online, as part of the World's People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, April 19--23, 2010 * *CLIMATE MIGRANTS GLOBAL CONTEXT ...
Jordan Romero will be attempting to summit the world's highest peak with his father and father's girlfriend.
Without a functioning antenna, the astronauts aboard cannot relay data to Mission Control.
The common symptoms of allergies may be generated by a defense the body developed to fight off parasites.
Twenty-five coal miners died after an explosion ripped through a West Virginia mine.
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*Earthquakes keep us busy*. Are we getting accustomed to them? Italy, exactly one year ago. l'Aquila despite promises still a ruin. Haiti, hyped, with its impact on international "help" behaviors, but aft...
Just for fun -- and for all you 2012 Mayan calendar and Nostradamus doomsday soothsayers -- what would happen if the LHC went haywire and a permanent black hole were really made?
*The following is excerpted verbatim from Wikileaks. It is an account of the murder of civilians by the U.S. military which has absolutely NO legitimate business in Iraq in the first place! Out of Iraq now...
WikiLeaks has acquired from whistleblowers in the US military a video and the chilling conversations between two Apache helicopter pilots as they open fire on people milling about on a street in Baghdad in...
Six out of seven of the world's marine turtle species are at risk of extinction. Fisheries aren't helping.
The CITES conservation meeting last month failed to protect shark species in danger of overfishing and habitat loss. What's next for the vulnerable predators?
Not being one to put all my eggs in one alternative fuel basket, I've long been tracking progress in cellulosic ethanol development--the kind of biofuel made from tough, inedible plant parts including agri...
A recent poll by Harris interactive found that 14 percent of Americans suspect that President Barack Obama may be the Antichrist. Nearly a quarter of Republicans, and 16 percent of Democrats, responded thi...
Federal Investigation Finds Corporate Giants Received Billions in Small Business Funds ASBL March 25, 2010 Petaluma, Calif. – The Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA IG) has...
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag...we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on...
One of the world's most beautiful tortoises, Madagascar's radiated tortoise, is on the brink of extinction because illegal pet traders covet the eye-catching reptile, which is also hunted for its meat, acc...
Watch Video: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/05-6 A secret video showing US air crew falsely claiming to have encountered a firefight in Baghdad and then laughing at the dead after launching an...
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Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo: www.treehugger.com The World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth is underway online. Today's selection comes from the ...
From: Adam GrovesEmail: adam.groves@oneworld.net Phone: +44-20-7922-7844 *OneClimate Channel enables everyone to attend World Climate Conference in Bolivia* *Media release * * *ople’s Climate Summit, whic...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Richard Nixon sought the Presidency an underdog. To win he had to reshape American politics. He had to force a realignment which his strategist, Kevin Phillips, cal...
CANADA/ENVIRONMENT - 184 new solar, wind and water "clean energy" projects will be up and running by 2012. They received the green light today. The renewable energy projects will supply almost 2,500 megawa...
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