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  • Weather History: April 9: Record Temps, Storms, Snow, Wind & Flooding

    Meteorological events that happened on April 9th:1877Oregon Inlet, NC was widened ¾ of a mile by a powerful nor'easter.1901The Great Penobscot River Flood occurred in Maine. Bangor, ME had several bridges washed out. Some areas received...

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  • Weather History: April 9: Record Temps, Storms, Snow, Wind & Flooding

    Meteorological events that happened on April 9th:1877Oregon Inlet, NC was widened ¾ of a mile by a powerful nor'easter.1901The Great Penobscot River Flood occurred in Maine. Bangor, ME had several bridges washed out. Some areas received...

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  • Heart and Lungs

    Heart, lungs, and blood have scent receptors

    Live Science reported yesterday that olfactory receptors, similar to the ones found in the nose which allow people to smell things, have been found in the heart, lungs, and blood.In the nose, airborne compounds enter the nose and bind...

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  • The Gospel of Judas. Critical Edition. Washington 2007

    Ink authenticates Gospel of Judas

    Joseph G. Barabe, a senior research microscopist at McCrone Associates, explained how he and colleagues were able to authenticate the date when the only known copy of the Gospel of Judas was written at an April 8, 2013, seminar at...

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  • The geladas, which live only in the remote mountains of Ethiopia, are the only nonhuman primate known to communicate with such a speech-like, undulating rhythm.

    Gelada lip-smacking hints at origins of human speech (Video)

    Thore Bergman of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor reported new evidence that the lip-smacking that geladas exhibit is a singular primate behavior that is probably related to the origins of human speech in the April 8, 2013...

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  • It's International Dark Sky Week!

    This week brings a rather obscure holiday to the world: International Dark Sky Week, which actually runs from Friday to Friday, or, for 2013, from April 5 through 11. The public awareness event is sponsored by the International Dark Sky...

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  • Last chance for a Messier Marathon is now

    With the month of April comes the last chance to accomplish one of the greatest feats in observational astronomy: complete a Messier Marathon, which is viewing all of the Messier Objects in a single night. Specifically, the best time to...

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  • The Evolution of Paranormal Research - Part 4

     Carbon MonoxideIn the paranormal community, we a number of tools to measure the environment. One of the main reasons paranormal investigators do this is to attempt to explain a reason for perceived paranormal activity, and another is to be...

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  • A Kranz (wreath) of fresh Kölsch beer that is typically carried by a server ("Köbes").

    Arsenic found in German beers

    Mehmet Coelhan, Ph.D., and colleagues explained why German beers have higher arsenic levels than the water in Germany and many other beers made in other countries on April 7, 2013, at the National Meeting and Exposition of the American...

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  • Weather History: April 8: Record Temps, Storms, Snow, Wind & Flooding

    Meteorological events that happened on April 8th:1862Snow at Atlantic City, NJ was deep enough to support an early spring sleigh ride.1893Bakersfield, CA dropped to 28°; their lowest April temperature ever.1918A big spring snowstorm buried the Potomac...

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