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Comets and asteroids have been blamed for bringing life to Earth in the form of bacteria and wiping out the dinosaurs. Now scientists say they may also be responsible for sex.

The origin of sex remains one of biology?s greatest mysteries. Scientists can?t say exactly why we do it. Before sex, life seemed to manage fine with asexual reproduction. Researchers Claus Wilke and Chris Adami of Caltech and NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have used digital organisms to simulate life before sex and reveal a possible mechanism for the start of sex.
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An enormous dust storm is taking place on Mars, shrouding the planet in haze and raising the temperature of its atmosphere an amazing 54 degrees Fahrenheit. It?s the largest such storm in 25 years and still growing. The storm is so big that amateur astronomers using 8 to 10 inch telescopes can see it from Earth.
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Global warming isn’t our fault. It’s natural, and paleoclimatologists have identified numerous instances of it in the past three million years, since the rising of Central America changed our ocean currents and destabilized earth’s climate. We’re speeding it up somewhat, but to claim that we could reverse it is just not true. We have to plan, not play politics.

All the blaming of mankind for this problem has made us into global warming ostriches. This is not a new species of feathered friend especially adapted for warmer weather. It isn’t Big Bird, it’s us.
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Art Bell’s website remains offline in many areas and is slow to load, but is working. It is expected to return to normal function by the end of the week, if not before.

Mr. Bell has been off the air due to a back injury but is recovering and expects to return to his late-night broadcast soon.

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