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Galileo before the Court of Inquisition.  He had to avow that he did not believe in the Copernican system.97

Renaissance Scientists And After - Part II

Galileo before the Court of Inquisition. He had to avow that he did not believe in the Copernican system. Galileo Galilei was another man of the Italian Renaissance, gifted with brilliant, many-sided genius....

8 comments    ireland mercury renaissance
The Florida Torreya93

Endangered Trees

The race to save the world's most endangered trees, begins at home. Learn about Florida's most endangered trees and some of the issues regarding the world's most endangered trees.

9 comments    endangered species preservation
Oyster Shucking 10187

Proven Methods of Shucking Oysters

Proven methods of shucking oysters, knowing your health risks in handling oysters, and taking proper precautions,using the right tools. This is an indepth article on shucking oysters.....

2 comments    fresh oysters oyster knife
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The Rooster in the Mirror

Controversial cockfighting still exists in certain cultures and countries, depite having been outlawed. This is the true story of one of those involved in the sport and the fate that he met.

8 comments    arizona mirror mirrors
"Watermelon -- it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face."  --  Enrico Caruso 91

Watermelon 911

Near daybreak, waking to a loud and screeching halt that resulted in my nearly being thrown out of the big rig cab bunk -- I was grateful we’d avoided the accident ahead of us. A few minutes later, when...

25 comments    gardening garden florida
As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the worldâ -- Buddha89

Common Edible Wild Plants - Part I

Sitting at nature's dinner table, most would be surprised at the goodness and variety of the bounty. By learning about just a few wild edible plants, you'll soon be able to recognize them, and never have to...

40 comments    garden plants europe
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Growing Blueberries In the South

In the U.S. blueberries are most often thought of as plants that are grown in the northeastern states, and generally not a plant for hot and humid states. Most people also don't think of vineyards and...

22 comments    florida blueberries blueberry
Male Morpho Butterfly93

A Perfect Butterfly

I haven't always made the right choices. A reminder of a few of mine came from a jewelry booth at the "Pike" in Long Beach, California back in the 1950s and 1960s. These I can chalk up to the lack of...

39 comments    jewelry brazil costa rica
Barred Tiger Salamander89

Axolotls, Newts, And Salamanders

Certainly a bow and some applause must be given to the relatives of frogs and toads who are the salamanders, newts, and their allies. Generally, they follow the system of the typical frogs in their breeding...

10 comments    mexico italy alps
Fiddlehead Fern88

Edible Ferns, Nuts, and Grasses

Natural intelligence plays a role in life, when it comes to who survives and who doesn’t, in a world fraught calamities and woes. You aren’t born knowing a lot of things, but if you are intelligent,...

4 comments    gardening plants africa
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