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  • Earth’s Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever

    Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery.

    Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.

    The planet emanates a constant rumble far below the limits of human hearing, even when the ground isn’t shaking from an earthquake. (It does not cause the ringing in the ear linked with tinnitus.) This sound, first discovered a decade ago, is one that only scientific instruments - seismometers - can detect. Researchers call it Earth’s hum.

  • Envisioning a World Without Men

    Scientist Says Female-Only Reproduction Is Only a Few Years Away

    By NICK WATT

    LONDON, April 28, 2008—

    Imagine a world without men: Lauren Bacall but no Bogie, Hillary Clinton but no Bill, no Starsky or Hutch.

    This isn’t just an unlikely sci-fi scenario. This could be reality, according to Bryan Sykes, an eminent professor of genetics at Oxford University and author of “Adam’s Curse: A Future Without Men.”

    “The Y chromosome is deteriorating and will, in my belief, disappear,” Sykes told me. A world-renowned authority on genetic material, Sykes is called upon to investigate DNA evidence from crime scenes. His team of researchers is currently compiling a DNA family tree for our species.

  • The Rules for being Human

    When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better.

    1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life.

    2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called “Life on Planet Earth”. Every person or incident is the Universal Teacher.

    3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. “Failures” are as much a part of the process as “success.”

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This is the archive for May, 2008.

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