Monthly Archives: January 2014

Super Bowl madness in NYC’s Times Square

Posted on January 31, 2014 by The Great One

This has the makings of a great Super Bowl. The number 1 defense (Seattle Seahawks) against the number 1 offense (Denver Broncos). Which one will win? I believe this is a 50-50 call; either team could pull it off. TGO … Continue reading →

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Modern humans more Neanderthal than once thought, studies suggest

Posted on January 30, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s getting harder and harder to take umbrage if someone calls you a Neanderthal. According to two studies published on Wednesday, DNA from these … Continue reading →

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Solar Wind Creates Water in Star Dust, Implications for Life

Posted on January 29, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor  Solar wind can form water on interplanetary dust, potentially adding to the primordial soup that gave rise to life on Earth, scientists say. On Earth, … Continue reading →

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7,000-Year-Old Human Bones Suggest New Date for Light-Skin Gene

Posted on January 28, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer January 26, 2014 2:04 PM An ancient European hunter-gatherer man had dark skin and blue eyes, a new genetic analysis has revealed. The analysis of the … Continue reading →

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191 Nepalis died in booming Qatar last year, officials say

Posted on January 27, 2014 by The Great One

Wow, that’s an awful number of deaths! One can see how deplorable living conditions, long work hours and blistering heat can be the cause for many deaths. It’s the same old story, the rich taking advantage of the needy. Sad… … Continue reading →

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Pakistan: Briton sentenced to death for blasphemy

Posted on January 26, 2014 by The Great One

When taken to extremes, all religions suck. The problem with Islam is that it is an extremist ideology by its very nature. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By REBECCA SANTANA January 24, 2014 2:43 PM ISLAMABAD (AP) … Continue reading →

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Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon

Posted on January 25, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor January 24, 2014 2:11 PM A compilation of Swift telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black … A giant gas … Continue reading →

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British Museum: Prototype for Noah’s Ark was round

Posted on January 25, 2014 by The Great One

A twist to the biblical story of Noah’s Ark; one of the biggest tales in the Bible, if not the biggest. I would say that the talking snake in the “Garden of Eden” and the “Resurrection of Jesus” are still … Continue reading →

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