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Do Whales Have Culture? Humpbacks Pass on Behavior
Whales communicate with other humpbacks via social learning, study shows.Jane J. LeeNational Geographic NewsPublished April 25, 2013Whether it's learning a new song, figuring out how to use tools to...
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How Those Dove 'Real Beauty Sketch' Ads Went Viral
By Eric SpitznagelApril 26, 2013What’s this “Real Beauty Sketches” Dove commercial that everybody’s talking about?It’s a Web-only commercial that made its debut in mid-April as part of Dove’s ongoing...
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"Pictures of people who mock me"
For years, strangers have made fun of me for being fat. But I got my power back -- by turning the camera on themBY HALEY MORRIS-CAFIEROhttp://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/pictures_of_people_who_mock_me/My...
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County Clare's Edna O'Brien Interviewed By NPR's Scott Simon
"Men are either lovers or brothers," says Edna O'Brien, pictured here with her husband, the writer Ernest Gebler, in London in 1959. The couple's marriage dissolved when O'Brien began to achieve...
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Ronald Reagan: "Facts are stupid things."
In this advertisement, Ronald Reagan pushes the deadliest drug known to humankind.***At the 1988 Republican National Convention, Ronald Reagan bungled a well-known John Adams' quote, insisting that...
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Dennis Prager and White Supremacy
The embodiment of white supremacy.Dennis Prager's concubine.Dear Fred,The world is re-calibrating and the chief characteristic of re-calibration is that white guys no longer run the show.Like most...
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How to Find Fulfilling Work
On the art-science of "allowing the various petals of our identity to fully unfold.""If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment," wrote...
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"How Cooking Civilized Us," A Reflection On Michael Pollan's "Cooked"
How Cooking Civilized Us: Michael Pollan on Food as Social Glue and Anti-Corporate Activismby Maria PopovaWhat the four elements have to do with corporate exploitation and the story arc of culinary...
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14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936
"Write! Writing, to knowledge, is a certified check."The quest for intellectual growth and self-improvement through education has occupied yesteryear's luminaries like Bertrand Russell and modern-day...
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
SomethingSomething else***What Is Nothing? A Mind-Bending Debate about the Universe Moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson"You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else."Isaac Asimov --...
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Dr. Strangelove And Bipartisan Opposition To Vaccination
Dear Fred,Interesting you should ask...Back in 1970, Paul Schulte arranged scholarships for Michael Morgan and me to do grad work at University of Cincinnati (where Paul eventually got his Doctorate in...
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Diocese Of Columbus Fires Lesbian Teacher Outed By Mother's Obituary
Cradle Catholic Lesbian, Rachel Maddow.She learned her Catechism well.Go girl!***Diocese of Columbus: Reinstate faculty member Carla HaleSign Jackson's PetitionDiscrimination is something that people...
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New York Police Veteran Kills Toddler Son, Boyfriend and Herself
New York City Police investigate the scene in the East Flatbush section of the New York borough of Brooklyn, where a an off-duty police officer shot her boyfriend, baby and herself to death on April...
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A New Front for Gun Background Checks: the Ballot
By MIKE BAKER Associated PressOLYMPIA, Wash. April 28, 2013 (AP)After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring...
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"Are you scientifically literate?" Take Christian Science Monitor's Quiz
Are you scientifically literate? Take our quizYou may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research, and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your opinion?...
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Watch Obama Be Funnier Than Conan at White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013
“I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate," President Obama said during his...
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Uruguay's Institute of Animal Reproduction creates glow-in-the-dark sheep
Photographer: FUNDACION IRAUy/J. CALVELOCopyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.PreviousPlayNextRegular Photo...
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
The Military-Industrial Complex is the largest "make-work" operation in the United States.Corporate welfare finest hour.Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex. - YouTube►...
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In America, working hard no longer means getting ahead
Alan: I completely disagree with Samuelson's conclusions although I admire his courage admitting that hard work no longer means advancement. Reagan Budget Director, David Stockman, who oversaw the...
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