Duck-billed platypus is dismissed by Oxford scientists as daffy

From: The Times On-Line
Mark Henderson, Science Editor

When the first duck-billed platypus specimens were sent from Australia to Europe at the end of the 18th century, the bizarre combination of mammal, bird and reptile features led many zoologists to consider them a hoax.
The reason for that first impression has now been revealed: the first analysis [...]

Breathtaking Photographs

Source: Dr. Mercola
One of the best things about the Internet: It’s a wonderful place to share some of the most beautiful and amazing pictures of our world and the universe in which we live.
Amazing and beautiful are indeed the adjectives that also come to mind when viewing this page of 40 fantastic photos, from cityscapes, [...]

Help to Save the Polar Bears Now

Whether or not you believe in global warming in a year where China and Russia had record winters, it is true that polar bears are losing habitat at record rates which is making them an endangered species.
Source: We Can Solve it

As climate change causes the continued shrinkage of Arctic sea ice, polar bears [...]

Antibiotic-Resistant Disease Killing Humans and Swine

Did you realize that 70% of All Antibiotic Use Is In Agriculture ?
Source: Dr Mercola
The antibiotic-resistant bacteria Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) is killing both people and swine in Denmark.The bacteria has been implicated in the deaths of a number of cancer and liver disease patients. The number of infected patients jumped 50 percent [...]

Video: Elephant Paints Self Portrait

I just posted this because I thought it would make you smile at the overlooked intelligence of animals.

David Icke: Prepare to Download Your Sexuality

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David Icke Newsletter, March 9th 2008
PREPARE TO DOWNLOAD …

… YOUR SEXUALITY
Hello all …
I read a news story the other day that has massive implications and [...]

Bush Administration Ignores 48,000 Messages to Protect Baca National Wildlife Refuge

The Bush administration is poised to allow two giant energy companies to drill exploratory oil and gas wells up to 14,000 feet beneath Colorado’s spectacular Baca National Wildlife Refuge. Last year, BioGems Defenders and other NRDC online activists sent more than 48,000 messages protesting this destructive drilling scheme. Despite this [...]

Open Letter to Hillary Clinton From a Wellesley College Alumnus

 
Dear Hillary,
By polling logic, I should be your supporter - Democrat, older woman, white, liberal. I was even in a dorm with you in college. I have pulled for you for years. But something this past summer fundamentally changed my responsibility to my children and grandchildren. In the time I have [...]

Video: What Governments and Religions Can Learn From Cats and Birds

Imagine a world where governments and religions traded their lust for power and control over perceived enemies and instead chose to live like this…

Campaigners Win Key Animal Test Freedom of Information Court Victory

Source: BUAV
Tribunal rules Government’s cover-up of animal experiment information is against law

The Government has been unlawfully withholding the details of the animal experiments it licenses in the UK, according to a key ruling from the Information Tribunal released today.
The case was [...]