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Sarah Alice Owens ca 191786

One Third Of The World's Population Has It

When you read the current statistics on a disease most people still think of as something of the past -- one that one third of the planet's human population has already, and understand that over a million and...

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A Swallow-tail butterfly lays an egg and cements it in place with a leaf of sweet fennel.81

The Appetite of a Caterpillar

Sometimes you just don't truly appreciate something for what it is, and more importantly for what it will be in the future. You'd think we all would have learned that in kindergarten when someone read us,...

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The First Scientists - Part I

Having once been the long time wife of a scientist, it got me to thinking a lot over the years about the fine line between being a genius and an idiot. Some of the most interesting and eccentric men in the...

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The Florida Torreya86

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.

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Dew Drops Filled With Moonlight

Ancient stories tell of how the Arabs had a superstition that pearls are dewdrops filled with moonlight, which fall into the sea and are swallowed by the oysters, then turn from liquid to solid form....

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The New Condo Cluster Container Home77

Down Scaling Our Ideal Dream Homes

Growing up surrounded by more elderly relatives than the norm, one thing I picked up on was that in many ways, there is "nothing new" that someone hasn't really tried before, just new spins on old ideas....

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The Blue Shark90

Fishes of the Deep Deep Sea

The Blue Shark The whole time they were lowering us in the cage into the Atlantic Ocean, I was questioning my sanity. I'm not a big risk taker and even the most securest iron cage between me and shark...

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Date Palm Tree82

Figs And Dates

Among all fruits, there are two that stand out conspicuously for high food value. They are the date and the fig. Weight for weight, dried figs are more nourishing than bread. A pound and a half yields...

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The Education of a Cajun Traiteuse - Faith Healer - Part II

What if we have stolen the history of many peoples by rewriting it, as though it were our own? Native American folk stories were all part of my education in becoming a Cajun traiteuse (faith healer). Learn what it takes to be a part of this mysterious world of a lost folk art.

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Adelaide - Gateway to great vineyards76

Sweet Adelaide Australia

Adelaide, Australia in many ways offers the sweetness only to be found in a bustling city of over one million people, that emerged from the nothingness of a bushland before British colonization. Perhaps, the...

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