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Humanity’s appetite for plastic is already inscribed in the fossil record – suggesting that the current epoch could become known as the “plastic age”. For a groundbreaking study, oceanographers at the University of California San Diego examined annual layers of sediment off the coast of California back to 1834. Microscopic plastic particles began to appear …
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From the Washington Post Much white evangelical support for President Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president’s moral flaws) in return for protection from a hostile culture. Many evangelicals are fearful that courts and government regulators will increasingly treat their moral and religious convictions as varieties …
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We hear a lot about immigration and the difficulties it presents from politicians seeking votes. But of greater concern in some countries is the flight of citizens abroad from countries like Romania, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations. Romania: An estimated 3.4 million Romanians left the country in the …
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The following are, in my opinion, the characteristics of the Epicurean lady or a gentleman. I make absolutely no apology for what some might see as old-fashioned ideas – they are simply what I would look for in a wife, a lifelong friend, or a companion. Gender is immaterial. (not in any particular order …
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Russia has announced that chess is to become a compulsory subject in schools. The Minster of Education and Science is quoted as saying, “Children playing chess have better academic performances. Engagement with chess helps them with mental development”. As someone who never learned chess I think this is an enlightened idea. It teaches kids to think …
