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It Went That-a-Way, Fast!

While our traditional idea of stars are these glowing balls floating around the galaxy, astronomers have tracked one heading out of the Milky Way at a whopping 3 million miles an hour. Now that deserves a speeding ticket!

FROM:Astrophysical Journal via Space.com

Eskimo words for snow

Not so much news as a note here! We've all heard about how many words Eskimos have for snow; so, here is a list and the explanation for them all! Enjoy!

FROM:Anthony C. Woodbury,
University of Texas at Austin


Good News From Africa

While the cure for many ills still elude eradication it is good to see any victories. I had measles hard once as a child so I can appreciate the value of this success!

FROM:Associated Press

It's Cow Hunting Season Again!

There is nothing like hunting to get the adreneline pumping; especially since you never know if you are the hunter or the hunted! Please don't call your loved one "dear" when you are in the woods in the autumn.

FROM:Fond du Lac Reporter

Like a Fish Out of Water

Now here is a REAL missing link! With a tank full of these little guys you could throw away the aquarium.

FROM:Reuters

Sea Tossed Salad Dressing

For just a small taste of history, here is proof that some recipes have stood the test of time. Tests on jars pulled from a sunken ship of the Athenian Empire show that the best salad dressings haven't changed in 2,400 years! Yum!

FROM:LiveScience

Jurassic Park Redux

You know a big woolly mammoth is just what I want to find trashing my vegetable garden! But, as is usual with scientists, it's not so much a case of "if" as "when"!

FROM:The Stanford Daily

Too Hot to be Chili

New Mexico State University researchers have recently dubbed the Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Chili) pepper of Assam, India the undisputable new champion hottest pepper ever measured. They did not report on whether they ate it!

FROM:ScienceDaily

Plan 9 From Outer Space

I can't help it, I can't pass up a good conspiracy theory! Putting the acronyms CIA and UFO in the same sentence just begs investigation!

FROM:The Sydney Morning Herald

Birth Control is For the Birds

"Councilman James Odd of New York says a drug that renders pigeon eggs unhatchable could help thin out the birds and thus the droppings they leave behind." I guess pigeon porta-pottys would have to be placed too high!

FROM:Associated Press

Washoe

By proving a point about other species language the female chimpanzee, believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes. She had learned to translate a homo sapiens vocabulary of about 250 words.

FROM:The Associated Press

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