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Governor signs shark fin ban →
hikergirl:
Hallelujah.
Shark fins will no longer be sold or used in food in California starting in 2013, under a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed today that bans the possession, sale and distribution of imported shark fins in the state.
“The practice of cutting the fins off of living sharks and dumping them back in the ocean is not only cruel, but it harms the health of our oceans,” Brown said....
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“Dietro ogni problema c’è un’opportunità.”
– Galileo Galilei (via escoaprendereuncaffe)
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September 2011
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Gamers succeed where scientists fail →
openscience:
“Gamers [solved] structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade.”
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“I hold three treasures close to my heart. The first is love; the next,...”
– Lao Tzu (via heartmindspirit)
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U.S. Department of State: Foreign Service Worth... →
statedept:
About the Author: Terrence Williamson is a senior Foreign Service officer. He recently served at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and is now the Diplomat in Residenceat Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.
In more than 25 years as a U.S. diplomat, I spent about half of my career serving abroad…
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The Lion King:
expectations-vs-reality:
Expectations:
Reality:
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Chinese Scientists Plan to Pull an Asteroid into... →
itsfullofstars:
Last week Chinese scientists wanted to divert an asteroid away from Earth. This week, they want to pull one into orbit around the Earth. What’s possible objections could anyone have to this idea?
August 2011
“There are two things a person should never be angry at: what they can help, and...”
– Plato (via reluctantbuddha)
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for...”
– Albert Einstein (via reluctantbuddha)
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How a Book is Made: From the Middle Ages to Today →
jtotheizzoe:
Love, love, love this. How far we’ve come, and not far at all.
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