Omnibyte

Did you know that the reason for James Cook’s 1st voyage was to observe the passing of Venus and measure the distance of the Earth from the Sun?
I found this insteresting article on the Venus transit…
52 transits of Venus across the Sun between 2000 B.C and 1882 A.D.
“We are now on the eve of the [...]

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Pictures of the aftermath of hurrican Ike… pretty grim.
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Around 90,000 years ago the North Pole found itself somewhere around the mid Atlantic ocean and the South Pole somewhere around the south sea islands. If back then they had seasons and, I am assuming they did, then the southern and eastern part of of Africa would have been at the temperate zones. It’s easier [...]

World Information Access Project at the University of Washington. A project that analyses trends like, the flow of information, among others. Contains some very interesting stuff.
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It’s a shame that Hillary Clinton isn’t running for prez anymore. I feel if anyone were qualified for that position among the contenders, it would have been her. She impressed me as being responsibile, knowledgable and experianced.
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But, all is not lost! There is Paris Hilton, who, I find, has something “sympathisch” about [...]

I guess the title says it all?
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Here’s something to read before going on that next vacation by the beach!
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“…the BBKA says the causes are unclear. Its initial survey of 600 members revealed a marked north-south divide, with 37% bee losses in the north, compared to 26% in the south. “We don’t know why there is a difference and what is behind the high mortality,” said Lovett.
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It is crudely simplistic to cast Russia as the sole villain in the clashes over South Ossetia. The west would be wise to stay out

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