Planet's Evaporating Atmosphere Tied To Eruption Of Exoplanet HD 189733b's Parent Star

Here's one... The universe is vast, and amazing like our own world. And while we've learned much from studying both, we've only scratched the surface. The more we learn, the more apparent how much more there is we don't understand yet. In other words, the more we know... the less we know. No one has a lock on truth. Not scientists, not religious, nor any other field of study. It behooves all of us to have an open mind. To be willing to learn, because every year something we thought true becomes understood differently. Everyone can look into the expanse of space, and the depths of the oceans, and feel awe. It's so silly to close our minds and and feign superiority over someone else. Both are destructive and self-limiting. And completely against the processes by which we learn.
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Protecting Mothers and Children From HIV: A Call to Action

Good article and message, Dr. Goosby. May I add my two cents...

Education... So many areas of Africa live by old traditions that prevent women from having rights or protecting themselves. And if children are known to be infected they are often mistreated by family and friends, and even abandoned to die.



Second... pharmaceutical companies making untold billions developing ever more expensive long-term treatments. We understand enough about HIV/AIDS now to be doing trials of cures. Other diseases as well. We've been promised for half a century and more that we're on the "verge of a cure" for (insert disease here). But since profits rule the industry there are no cures. Why save and improve a person's life with one treatment when you can keep them going indefinitely for a few thousand a month! What the world needs are manageable prices, donated treatments and an open-minded reward system for cures, without regard to who developed them or what profits would be made or lost.
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Frank Ocean And The Eagles' Don Henley: Odd Future Member Caught In 'Hotel California' Dispute

Where's the mention of Don Felder? He wrote the music for Hotel California, arranged it, and did the stunning acoustic revisit later. He has first position in the writers' credit, followed by Henley and Frey, who together wrote the lyrics. Yet it's always about Henley. Just like the Eagles are always about the two reigning egos, the rest are nameless support dogs who eat their scraps. The new guitarist on their last tour played all the notes, but the finesse and magic were missing. Felder gave the music its heart and soul. Without him the Eagles are largely just a nostalgia act.
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Black LGBT Celebrities: 11 Living Legends (PHOTOS)

Seems a little one-sided when some races and groups are encouraged to celebrate themselves­, wave banners, put up icons and heroes and shout to the world how wonderful they are for their particular difference­. But if other races and groups did the same thing there'd be cries of intoleranc­e. In a time when we need to work together more than ever, we continue to separate ourselves. Us vs them. Tolerance can't be won that way, but through taking down walls, shaking hands and sitting together at the table.
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Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'

I think abortion should be treated as a serious issue, a last resort. Too many use it like another form of birth control. A casual fix for an inconvenie­nce.



There are situations where it should and must be considered­, as should other alternativ­es, like the long waiting lists and high fees for those who want to adopt.



But no one has a right to force their beliefs on everyone. And how can someone honestly expect a child, or anyone else, to love and raise a product of ra. pe or in cest? How can they guilt anyone into a life of continual renewal and reminder of the crimes against them? How can any decent person condemn a child to never being able to receive the love and nurturing they need to grow up healthy and whole? And there's the answer... this candidate has no decency. He puts on a show to pander for votes, but in the end he cares nothing for anyone but himself.
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Romney's Religion

Most polarizing­? On any given day, look at these forums under any topic and see how many of the comments promote the "us vs them" philosophy­, and what the difference is. At the top of the list is political party. Every page has folks spewing venom at others because of their party. 2nd to that is religion.



The problem is, we attach labels to others that carry all this animosity without knowing or caring what kind of person they really are. We don't like what a politician did, and he has a (R or D) after his name, therefore everyone who has that letter is a ... (insert epithet here). We do the same thing with all our difference­s. I had a bad experience with a ..... so they must all be ..... Works for atheist, religious, ethnic, political, sexual, gender, any of the difference­s we all have. The more we try to prove our own view the more we become tainted by the very bi @s that Rep Grayson is talking about.



I won't be voting for Mitt, but it has nothing to do with his faith.
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Black Folk Don't Like To Be Told They're Not Black

After all we've been through as a country, and all the battles for civil rights, you'd think we'd have learned to be unified as Americans, but no, we're still calling our attention to race difference­s, labeling each other, drawing lines in the sand. Most of us are mixed breeds anyway. What makes us think we can just pick one and use that for our identity as if it were a pure bloodline, and then use that to accentuate racial difference­s? Instead of painting ourselves into faux single colors we should be proud to be part of the great melting pot, Americans and neighbors first & foremost.
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