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Diego has single handedly helped to save the tortoise of Galapagos Islands from extinction.  During his stay since 1976 on the island he has fathered over 800 babies to help rebuild the population on Espanola Island off the coast of ...

Budapest Power grab: In the face of mass protests and international condemnation, the Hungarian parliament has overwhelmingly passed 15 pages of amendments to the country’s 1-year-old constitution that practically abolish all judicial checks on the government. The amendments retroactively restore ...

We’re more reliant than ever on prescription medications. Should we be worried? Looking at the numbers alone, the U.S. runs almost entirely on Prozac and heart pills. They’re among the most prescribed medications, according to our national annual checkup from ...

Researchers have found that when there is only one parent in the home the children have a tendency to smoke or drink alcohol.  The study examined 11,000 children and found that when they were under the age of 7 when ...

Over the past decade, more Americans died from overdoses of prescription painkillers than from heroin and cocaine use combined, according to government health officials. Most of the deaths were due to misuse of the medications— not to treat pain but ...

To worship the goddess Kali sacrifices of goats, roosters, sugarcane and pumpkins are offered to celebrate the changing of the seasons.  It has been reported that the sacrifice of a 25-year-old man was found in a remote village in the ...

Reykjavik, Iceland Porn ban: Iceland is considering installing Internet filters to block Icelanders from viewing porn. If that ban goes ahead as expected this spring, the country will be the first Western democracy to attempt to censor the Internet. Iceland ...

According to researchers the human remains found on an ancient shipwreck from 2100 years ago will shed some light on the past that was thought to be lost.  The researchers found human remains off the Greek Island of Antikythera in ...

Researchers believe that when the moon is in its full or new phase that its tidal pull places more stress on the fault lines.  During three of the most recent earthquakes in 2004, 2010, and 2011 were during the peak ...

When president Yahya Jammeh took over the ruling of Gambia the youth started to leave.  The youth believe that they will have a better life in Europe rather than staying in Gambia.  Gambia’s economy is deteriorating at a rapid rate ...