One tenth of stars may support life

One tenth of the stars in our galaxy might provide the right conditions to support complex life, according to a new analysis by Australian researchers. And most of these stars are on average one billion years older than the Sun, allowing much more time, in theory, for any life to evolve.

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Freedom Requires Intelligence

At present, unthinking, uninformed Americans (now a large percentage, unfortunately) are suffering from just the kind of fascistic plutocracy to which their level of intelligence entitles them. read more here

Journalists Take Flak in Iraq

journalists say that when there's bad news--a helicopter crash, a mortar attack--they are increasingly being blocked from covering the story. read it here

BUSH IN 30 SECONDS

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Bush's New Year's Wish: Another Attack?

Perhaps it's just my overworked imagination, but it seems to me this Bush administration will do literally anything to retain power.read it here