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Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy country because they produce lots and lots of oil... Bolivia may very well be on the way to becoming the next "wealthy" country because they have 50-70% of the world's "Lithium..." Lithium is a...

A salamander that looks like E.T. , a micosized frog smaller than a fingernail, and a spiny-crested grasshopper. Who says the age of exploration is dead? Conservation International and their scientists have come back with some startlingly vivid images of...

In Santiago, Chile the H1N1 swine flu is reported to have jumped species from humans to turkeys on two farms in Chile, according to the Associated Press, in an August 22, 2009 article, " Swine flu spreads to turkeys. "...

La empresa juguetera Berjuan en España ha desarrollado un nuevo prototipo de muñeca que dejó de un lado el biberón, hay que lactarla para que se “alimente”. Esta innovación “Bebé Glotón” trae consigo un particular...

In this photo the Pelvis bone of a mammoth nicknamed 'Zed' that died during the last ice age. The bone was found at La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. The mammoth, dubbed "Zed" by researchers at the Page Museum...

Farewell to Jett Travolta, son of actor John Travolta, who was suffering from Kawasaki disease. So what is kawasaki disease all about? Kawasaki disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and most often affects kids...

New research on a mega-colony of Argentine ants has revealed that the colony has branches in Europe, California, and Japan. The ants from these colonies refuse to fight with each other and treat each other like family despite being separated...

Swine flu pandemic, banking crisis, recession, stocks tumbling, bank bankruptcy and Insolvency… Crisis, has come, is already here and everyone is worried about the immediate future. Recession, after all, is already here and everyone is worried about the immediate future....

Soil wasn't designed for agriculture. Now, before all you farmers and gardeners start composing pointed explanations to refute that statement, allow me to clarify. Soil, as it is, is not able to sustain year after year of nutrient-depleting crop growth...