“He kept getting passed over again and again...” Meet Martin, a senior dog who was abandoned by his aging family and was in dire need of a home. When Martin first came to the SPCA of Wake County, he was about ten years old. Martin's father loved him very much, but he was no longer able to take care of him. According to Samantha Ranlet, a marketing communications expert … [Read more...] about Senior Dog With “Teddy Bear Face” Is Confused About His Seven Returns To The Shelter
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In Arizona, There is a Petrified Opal Tree Trunk (About 225 Million Years Old)
Petrified wood: what is it? In essence, it is a fossil. Petrification is the process through which a tree or plant that resembles a tree turns into stone through mineralization. It happens when plant matter is buried by silt or volcanic ash and is shielded from decomposition by organisms and oxygen. The original plant material is then replaced by silica, calcite, pyrite, or … [Read more...] about In Arizona, There is a Petrified Opal Tree Trunk (About 225 Million Years Old)
The Mars Orbiter is About to Upgrade From Windows 98
Fingers crossed they skip Vista. And XP. And Windows 8. The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft is due to get a software update that will remove the instrument's prior operating system, Windows 98. The software upgrade is anticipated to breathe fresh life into the … [Read more...] about The Mars Orbiter is About to Upgrade From Windows 98
Amazing Story About A Dog Who Walked 50 Miles In Almost 2 Months To Find His Owners
Meet Casey, the Border Collie who wanted to be with his owner so badly that he journeyed 50 miles across the UK in two months. Casey's story began when his owner, Carole Fossett, left him in the care of a friend when she relocated. Carole's friend's Collie escaped from her home in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, and went lost for several weeks. "We didn't hear anything, and I assumed … [Read more...] about Amazing Story About A Dog Who Walked 50 Miles In Almost 2 Months To Find His Owners
Morgan Freeman Interrogates Navajo Elders About The Meaning Of Life And The Creator
Freeman, the National Geographic Channel's host of a six-part documentary series, visited the Navajo Nation to ask probing questions about God. His series, "The Story of God," analyzes religions from throughout the world in an effort to "shine light on the topics that have baffled, scared, and inspired mankind," according to a statement from Nat Geo. In his series, Freeman … [Read more...] about Morgan Freeman Interrogates Navajo Elders About The Meaning Of Life And The Creator