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Graham Phillips’ new book Merlin and the Discovery of Avalon in the New World reveals some powerful secrets–so powerful that Phillips was seriously threatened and menaced while he was doing his research at prehistoric sites here in the U.S.THREATENED for researching prehistoric sites? Well, have you ever heard anything before about the mythical figure Merlin coming to America? Maybe you haven’t because somebody doesn’t want you to know!

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As hard as it may be to believe, slavery is still going on in the world. Angela Robson reports in the Independent that it is definitely still practiced in rural villages in Africa.

Robson writes, “Trokosi is a traditional practice of slavery still seen as normal in parts of Ghana, Togo and Benin. Girls as young as two are offered to a?priest as a way of appeasing the gods for a relative’s transgression, past or present. The word trokosi comes from the Ewe words ‘tro,’ meaning deity, and ‘kosi’ meaning female slave. The tradition, which has been part of the Ewe culture for centuries, requires a girl to spend the rest of her life as a “wife of the gods.” This religion has the same origins as voo doo, which is still practiced in places like Haiti.
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Over the years, we?ve regularly reported on the progress of every woman?s dream: a birth control pill for men. This new day may be dawning soon.

Jeanna Bryner writes in LiveScience.com that researchers have discovered that male mice that have been bred without a certain protein, which is also found in human males, have reduced fertility. There is hope that this discovery could lead to a non-hormonal birth control pill for men. Let?s just hope they don?t treat men who want the pill as badly as they treat women!
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