World War II was still years from its conclusion when the city of Casablanca was immortalized at the intersection of love and war. The 1942 film Casablanca highlighted the Moroccan locale as a place where Allied and Axis forces lay in uneasy balance, and a place to which—and from which—European refugees hoped to escape. The… via …
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Holiday Shopping for Our Cause! Shop for Our Cause Cornell Lab Audio Guides Wild Birds Unlimited When You Buy These Products, You Help Support Us Bird Biology CourseNEW: Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology Course In this university-level, self-paced course you’ll learn about bird diversity, behavior, ecology, evolution, physiology, and conservation. Students earn digital badges for passing… via …
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Happiness comes to those who FEEL happy, not to those who TRY to feel happy. Life is too short not to embrace - celebrate - the emotional true feeling of being happy. In the wake of global events like Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory, it’s hard for a lot of people to feel happy right …
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We all need to take a deep breath, close our eyes, and let percolate in our brains the events of the last few months: election results around the world, icons of music and film taken too soon, struggles and strife, and the continual assault and slaughter of the world's wildlife. Let these and other issues …
So it's true, EVERYTHING loves Adele!!!! Adele might have 10 Grammy awards, but that doesn’t mean that she’s exempt from being caught off-guard by a bat every now and then. The powerhouse singer was surprised during a concert in Mexico City, Mexico on Monday night when a rogue bat crashed her stage, eventually attacking one …
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The American media botched the story of Donald Trump. Following his victory in the US presidential election last week, journalists have been reflecting on the blind spots that led them to underestimate the potency of his following—and the possibility that a man who ran on a white nationalist platform could become the leader of the… via …
Three cows that were left stranded on a tiny, elevated island in New Zealand following an earthquake have been rescued after spending a full day marooned. The animals’ owner led them to safety on Tuesday by creating a passageway once the area was deemed stable from landslides, according to CNN. “It was a difficult exercise,”… via …
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It’s been a rough year and the holiday season is sure to only rub it in, as families and friends reunite for festivities around the world. Feel like you’d rather exile yourself to Antarctica than get trapped in another heated conversation over Brexit, Trump, or Modi? Here are a few more isolated destinations to consider:… via …
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ll5tC8-eQ-s?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This is a transcript of Lois’s TEDx talk in Dallas, which was presented on Nov. 12. How do we humans make sense of the world? As a documentary filmmaker, I was trained to make sense by looking for the telling image. And I discovered one, hiding in plain sight. It was shape itself. Shape gives… …
Researchers working in Arctic Russia have expressed their concerns that thousands of reindeer could die this year as a result of global climate change. About 20,000 reindeer starved to death in 2006 and another 61,000 in 2013, according to a recent study. In these cases, heavy rains caused by low levels of sea cover and… via …
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