We can create it, but can we patent it? – It’s big news: Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. The researchers constructed a bacterium’s “genetic software” and transplanted it into a host cell. Will the next step be building a human Frankenstein?
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Synchronicity is another force shaping our lives, and Ray Grasse knows its secrets. William Henry talks to him about the hidden intelligence guiding our lives, and how to co-ordinate our lives with it. Ray tells us not only about how to understand synchronicity, but how to see ahead not only in our own lives but in the life of the world.

Ray is also an astrologer, and he will tell us about the energies we are facing over the next few years, when a powerful new energy enters our lives and our world.

For example, the next few days will bring a conjunction that is often accompanied by breakthroughs. Could there be some good news around the corner–finally?
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Mathematicians investigate baseball! One way for a major league hitter to win a baseball game is to veer toward the dugout on the way to first base. While at first glance this route might not seem the best way to start a sprint toward home plate, it’s the actually fastest way around the diamond.

Although the quickest path to first base is (of course) a straight line, for baseball players who hit a long ball, the best way around the bases takes a more circular shape. By cutting off the corners, an average runner can round the bases 20% percent faster, saving approximately four seconds.
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Three dead sperm whales killed by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could put the small population native to the gulf in peril, and not only that, but endangered and 3 species of threatened sea turtles could face major population decimation as they breathe in toxic fumes and ingest crude oil.
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