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“ We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds. ”  Ruth St. Denis OddsnEnds Boost your immune system? Meditate. UPI. Miracle cat. Pulled out of the rubble 9 days after the Kentucky tornado: "Other than being very hungry and thirsty, Madix was unscathed. Gibson said he took Madix home, where he will live out the rest of his days as a house cat." HuffPo. "Bottom line: Consciousness is the ability to have a subjective experience that seems to go beyond merely processing the information." Big Think. Outstanding from 2010. If we have Souls then so do Chimps. Jane Goodall. The Spectator. Baby Dino - perfectly preserved. Live Science. Audio of Jupiter's Moon = R2-D2.  CBS Future space travel. Mushroom assist. Scientific American. 2020 Hindsight. An AI prediction. I mpressive. Plus: When asked if it had any advice for readers, GPT-2 replied, “The big projects that you think are impossible today are actually possible in t...

"I worry once you've tried to change the world, you find it's easier to change your mind." - Jane Wagner, Fun with Jane: Book , Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe, LilyTomlin's Blog Odd and ends of interest --  Ticking down .. Solar Eclipse fever. It's all about the timing. Wired .. When Exactly? Wolfram   Cruise Marketing Brilliant!: Bonnie Tyler will be singing at the aha moment. Time   PS: PLEASE. Wear the glasses. CNN   Eclipse 'Debbie Downer' , the what could possibly go wrong angle. Throughout history there have been more than a few phobias and bad omens attached to eclipses. USAToday   In some Native American Traditions - viewing was discouraged. DailyMail Feature 2012   You decide. UFO flying in front of the Capitol Building in Washington? UFOSightingsHotspot   Monkey Biz - servers are the main attraction at a Japanese Bar - UPI Weekender Chillaxn' - 90's Sci-Fi movies - 20 count - includes Galaxy Quest -- or...

"Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile." - Forbes Quote of the Day 5/5/17, Mary Ritter Beard/ Harvard.edu Not so random links and inspiration -    Real and Unreal? Head Transplant . Doctor on board. Volunteer Human patient ready. Did not watch and not going to post here, videos of the animals who have been subjected to this procedure. Chinese Media following at CCTV   Furthermore, Gizmodo reports on the Doc's "to do" list: Re-implant frozen brains in Human bodies. Ethics? More Bio and Background on the Doctor at OOOM   Ghost Busted - Little girl seen on trail cam is exactly what she seems; she's a real little girl and not (Gosh darn it!) a ghost. USA Today   Shortly after this interview, NPR and a lot of worry over what happened to Nessie, a sighting has resolved the issue. Nessie is back in action with the first official sighting in 8 months. Announced to the Nessie faithful at Lock Ness Sightings.   Follow Nessie ...

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” - Nikola Tesla As promised, news notes I didn't post on my last podcast summary for the Hans Wilhelm interview. Podcast if you missed it. Wendy's Coffeehouse/Hans Wilhelm-Life Explained Headlines ; offbeat, odds, ends and unexplained - Located: ancient super-continent Gondwana under island in the Indian Ocean. Phys.org Does Space hold the key to longevity ? Results of NASA Twin Study in progress. NASA Entertainment trend or staple? Interactive film with a thousand plot lines. Still working out the kinks on a longer film format but the shorter versions hold promise. Lots of them. New Yorker Harry Potter readers are good guys . Rather, a study says readers who identify with Harry's character are more likely to have some socially redeeming qualities like empathy, compassion and tolerance for others. Good Housekeeping Little bunny busts a move! Scrap those depressi...