Science: An astronomical object, 20 million
light-years in length -- that's really long -- has been discovered,
according to Wired.
Scientists in Italy have been convicted of not
giving sufficient warning about an earthquake, according to The
Daily Beast.
Dinosaurs probably had feathers, and the feathers may have
been colored, perhaps used in courtship displays, according to reports by National Public Radio and the Scientific American. See here
and here.
Philosophy: Do
plants have rights? Some think that they do. (Some don't!) NPR
reports.
Computing: You may think you own books, and other
media, that you obtain from Apple, Amazon, and other commercial sources. Not so. Furthermore, Wired reports
that all the content you have paid to use may be removed. Whoops.!
Christianity: Project Gutenberg has recently
released the public
domain Rand-McNally Bible Atlas by Hurlbut, in several versions.
There is an abundance of maps and charts. I took the HTML version and went to the large version of a couple dozen maps or so, and saved them for
later use. I also took the Windows Snipping tool (any screen capture tool should work) and saved some of the charts, some of which were on subjects
I had never thought of, such as how much land each tribe got, under Joshua. I also hope to use the Kindle version. There are more versions.
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