Neuroscience, Architecture, Assisi and Jonas Salk
Staircase of a basilica, Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, Assisi, Perugia Province, Umbria, Italy.Are neuroscientists the next great architects?BY EMILY BADGERThis piece originally appeared on...
View ArticleOlympic Medalists Live Longer Than The Rest Of Us
A new study shows that Olympic medalists live an average of 2.8 years longer than the general public.Samantha StainburnDecember 14, 2012 Jamaican sprinters Yohan Blake (R) and Usain Bolt (L) run during...
View ArticleTo bee, or not to bee
August 2012China—On his way to second place in a bee-wearing contest in Hunan Province, a contestant disappears beneath a carpet of insects lured by a queen bee in a cage. A scale he was standing upon...
View ArticleShark eating another shark whole
Munching on Bamboo (Shark)Photograph courtesy Tom ManneringA shark has been caught on camera making a meal of another shark along Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Released earlier this month, the...
View ArticleIranian Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, IranPhotograph by Hamzeh Mohammad Hoseini, My ShotColored glass brightens a serene scene as a woman prays at Nasir al-Mulk mosque in Shiraz, Iran. Completed in 1888, the...
View ArticleAymara Celebration, Bolivia
Photograph by Heiko Meyer, laif/ReduxWith bolivianos tucked into their traditional wool derbies, Aymara men and women celebrate in Sajama, a province in west-central Bolivia. Aymara wear layers of...
View ArticleAntarctica Glacier
Pleneau Bay Glacier, AntarcticaPhotograph by Eric MeolaLight playing off a glacier creates otherworldly hues in Pleneau Bay in Antarctica's Lemaire Channel. Photographer Eric Meola got this shot as he...
View ArticleSandy Hook Kindergarten Slaughter: Guns
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View ArticleObama's Full Speech On Sandy Hook Slaughter (Video)
'Our hearts broken today': Obama's full speech on school shooting
View ArticleAnglerfish - Bioluminescent Dweller Of Pelagic Depths
The terrifyingly toothy anglerfish became a common occurrence in little kids' nightmares ever since it chased Nemo and Dory in Pixar's "Finding Nemo." To attract prey, the scary-looking fish uses a...
View ArticleDragonfish - Bioluminescent Bottom Dweller
Another bottom-dwelling bioluminescent creature, the blackdragon fish has light-emitting organs arranged all along its belly to fool predators by changing its silhouette. The spooky fish also has...
View ArticleWeapons Used In Kindergarten Slaughter Especially Deadly Due To Firing Speed
People react to a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images.Speed KillsWhat’s the lesson of the Connecticut school massacre?...
View ArticleSandy Hook Massacre and Herod's Slaughter Of Innocents
Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.I think myth is "truer" than history (a belief that in no way diminishes my regard for history).Unlike history (which can be closely approximated, at least in...
View ArticleEdicts of Ashoka
Ashoka PillarDistribution of the Edicts of Ashoka[1]Edicts of Ashoka I-XI in Shahbazgarhi,Peshawar, along the Karakoram Route, now the Karakoram HighwayThe Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33...
View ArticleAshoka the Great
Broken Ashoka Pillar With InscriptionAshokaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AshokaAshokaMaurya Samrat A "Chakravartin" ruler, first century BC/CE. Andhra Pradesh,...
View ArticleSandy Hook Shooter's Mom "a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse"
FATAL ATTRACTION: Nancy Lanza became obsessed with guns after her 2009 divorce and shared the hobby with her disturbed son, friends say.Mother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza 'was a gun obsessive...
View ArticleBrief Bios Of Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims
The victimsCHARLOTTE BACON, SIXThey were supposed to be for the holidays, but finally on Friday, after much begging, Charlotte Bacon's mother relented and let her wear a new pink dress and boots to...
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