1. For
more than a century, the study of dinosaurs
has been limited to fossilized bones. Now, researchers have recovered
70 million-year-old soft tissue, including what may be blood vessels
and cells, from a Trannosaurus rex. Could we be looking forward
to a real Jurassic Park? MSNBC
2. Ex-Mexican prez: “Yes, there will
be an amero” Vicente
Fox, made an astounding admission on CNN’s Larry King Live
when he acknowledged the plan for a NAFTA single currency, a “euro-dollar” as
King labeled it. Fox also vowed to help unite the Americas beyond
a trade agreement, following what he described as “a new
vision, like we are trying to do with NAFTA”. Prison Planet
3. Drug arrests have tripled over the past 25 years as a result
of the “war on drugs”. Almost a half a million people
are locked up for a drug offense. The Sentencing Project reports
racial disparities in drug arrests as well as problems raised
by the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing laws. www.civilrights.org
4. A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician, Archimedes
shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus.
The top layer of writing in this 700-year-old book describes
Christian prayers. But underneath, are the only surviving copies
of many of the works of the ancient Greek mathematician. www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/15726
5. A new book, Processus contra Templarios,
will be published by the Vatican’s Secret Archive on Oct
25, and promises to restore the reputation of the Templars, whose
leaders were burned as heretics when the order was dissolved
in 1314. The knights were accused of worshiping idols in a secret
initiation ceremony. Telegraph.Co.Uk
6. China’s Loch Ness monster has been sighted. Not just one,
but more than a dozen huge creatures can be seen churning across
Lake Kanasi in remote western China, leaving a foamy wake more
like an enormous motorboat than a big fish. A video, filmed by
a tourist at the lake in the Heavenly Mountains of the wild Xinjiang
region, has reignited debate over the existence of an underwater
creature that can compete with the Loch Ness monster.www.Timesonline.Co.Uk
7. Happy Thanksgiving!
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