Epictetus Quote – Eat As Becomes You
“Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.” – Epictetus
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Cartoon – Medical Advancements
It Was A Good Week For . . .
Timeliness, after scientists unveiled an atomic clock so accurate that it won’t lose or gain a single second in 15 billion years, which is roughly as long as the universe has existed.
Read moreW. Somerset Maugham Quote – Principles
“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.” – W. Somerset Maugham
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Jennifer E. Smith Quote – Flying
“That’s the thing about flying: you could talk to someone for hours and never even know his name, share your deepest secrets and then never see him again.” – Jennifer E. Smith
Read morePoem – A different face of hunger (By Narges Rothermel)
He is not from the arid or barren foreign lands His faded-green-coat, hooded sweater, his dog-tag, his canteen, and his metal cup on a green worn out blanket, all tell me, he is one of our bravest men who proudly has served his country. He is a veteran of the wars in the land of power and plenty. He […]
Read moreAntarctica Air Is Getting Warmer
New South Wales and southern Queensland are going to be suffering from warmer weather and less rain than in the past. This temperature change is called “sudden stratospheric warming.” It happens when the air above the South Pole starts to warm up rapidly. Predictions are that the warming of Antarctic will likely be higher than a previous record high in […]
Read morePoem – Adultery (By DS Maolalai)
Adultery I’d bang them out, wine-drunk and excited, and send them off to magazines. I had two lists; ones which liked me and ones I liked, and I’d fire them unedited like a shotgun scaring birds. each one 5 times to 5 different places. then I’d wait for any to come back. in general it started with rejections; […]
Read moreRecord-Breaking Heatwave Causes Intense Arctic wildfires
More than 100 intense Arctic wildfires have ravaged the Arctic since June, with scientists describing them as “unprecedented.” Satellite images show huge clouds of smoke billowing across uninhabited Arctic land in Greenland, Siberia and parts of Alaska. The wildfires come after the planet experienced the hottest June on record and is on track to experience the hottest July on record, […]
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