Something we can’t let ourselves forget is that companies are always trying to make a profit, sometimes in nefarious ways. Instead of simply exploiting the environment, companies may be able to make a profit helping to SAVE it.
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Music plays a part in our evolution (as well as climate change!), because learning to play a musical instrument changes the brain in ways that lead to improved learning and understanding of language.
In LiveScience.com, Rachael Rettner reports that musicians have larger areas in the parts of the brain that are important for playing a musical instrument, and the connections created between brain cells during musical training help other forms of communication, such as speech, reading and understanding a foreign language. This means that cutting out music class (as many schools are doing) may be a BIG mistake.
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Are they still disappearing? – Scientists thought they had the mystery of the declining number of bees solved, but other researchers don’t agree with them: They think Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) can be traced to cell phones. But the bees that are still here are working hard (and NOT just gathering honey) So what’s going on, anyway?
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According to the Chinese “People’s Daily,” the Chinese have discovered the identity of the UFO that closed down the airport recently.
But they WON’T TELL US, saying only (through an anonymous government source) that “It was not the proper time to publicly disclose the information because there was a military connection.” The official said an official explanation is expected to be given on Friday.
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