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04/19/2007


Why Are We Programmed to Die? - VIDEO

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The science behind aging and why we aren't, like the flatworm, going to live forever, and what your parents have to do with it.

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The Auroras, Explained: VIDEO

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Joe Hanson of the new web show 'It's Okay to Be Smart' offers an awesome explanation of the Northern and Southern Lights, also known as the auroras, and lets you know how you might detect the sun's magnetic waves just by closing your eyes.

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If you missed his first episode called Life by the Numbers, catch it HERE.

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The Science Behind Pornography Addiction: VIDEO

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The ASAP Science guys fill you in on how it rewires your brain, why some of you keep going back, how it's affecting your reality, and what you can do about it.

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News: Obama and Tiger, Shockwave, Djesus, Berlin

1NewsIcon Only 11% of Americans think that Congress reflects the nation's values, according to right-wing polling site Rasmussen.

Tigerobama1NewsIcon President Obama and Tiger Woods played golf together in Florida today.

1NewsIcon Kendra Wilkinson versus Greg Louganis.

1NewsIcon 150,000 people went out to see the Pope deliver his final public mass.

1NewsIcon New Mexico church has been fighting for marriage equality since 1984.

1NewsIcon Rev. Bayani Rico and his gay son work side-by-side at an Episcopal school in California.

1NewsIcon "Djesus Uncrossed"

1NewsIcon Gay films were front and center at Berlin Film Festival: "The Alfred Bauer Prize for innovation, named for the founder of the Berlinale, went to perhaps the most eccentric film in the competition, the French Canadian director Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear,' a darkly comic and melodramatic lesbian love story. The Australian director Kim Mordaunt won the best first feature award for 'The Rocket.' And the Teddy Award for best gay-themed film went to the Polish director Malgoska Szumowska's 'In the Name of …,' about a Catholic priest struggling with his homosexuality."

Mark_kamins1NewsIcon RIP Mark Kamins: "Pioneering DJ and producer Mark Kamins, who was instrumental in facilitating the signing of Madonna to Sire Records in 1982, has died. He was 57."

1NewsIcon Was Oscar Pistorius trying to revive slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp when police arrived at his home?

1NewsIcon he Die Hard franchise is still box office gold. The fifth installment topped the weekend box office with an estimated $30 million in ticket sales.

1NewsIcon An Illinois Catholic school will not give students extra credit for attending an anti-gay marriage rally. "A Notre Dame instructor in an ecclesiology class offered students 20 points extra credit if they attend the lobby day. The offer also included information on a bus trip, sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, to the event. After much debate and attention, Principal Charlie Roy posted an update on the school's website Friday, stating the extra credit will not be offered to those students."

1NewsIcon Baltimore firefighter accused of being a pimp on the side.

1NewsIcon A Cameroonian lawyer vilified for defending gay and lesbians activists has fled to the United States and is seeking asylum: "The threats against Togue that began in Cameroon have not stopped on US soil, where he continues to be subjected to menacing phone calls and text messages. 'They say they are going to kidnap my children, that they'll turn them into queers. I feel very vulnerable,' he said. His family has been in the United States since November, and he joined them in January."

1NewsIcon This is what progress looks like: "Colin Clark, who was suspended last season for directing a gay slur at a Seattle Sounders ball boy – and vehemently apologized afterward – on Saturday made clear his support of [gay player] Robbie Rogers."

1NewsIcon The meteor that struck Russia Friday sent subsonic shockwaves around the world.

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News: Rob Gronkowski, Immigration, NASA, Asylum

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Nate Silver makes his prediction for the Super Bowl.

Robg6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d His team may not be competing in the Super Bowl, but Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski found himself partying shirtless in New Orleans.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d NASA says an approaching asteroid will be the largest object to ever come this close to Earth, but the mega rock won't zip by until later this month.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Harry Reid says immigration reform should include same-sex families: "If we have gay folks in this country who have children, or they come from some other place they should be protected just like any other child."

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Ricky Martin lands in Oz.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Buzzfeed: The Dying Political Tradition Of Avoiding The Gay Question.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Britney Spears will not be playing Vegas.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Louisville, Kentucky, expands anti-discrimination protections for city employees.

Etch6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Inventor of the Etch A Sketch dead at 86.

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Iowa Senator Matt McCoy wants to reduce the penalty for HIV-positive people who don't purposely pass the virus to their sex partners. "...someone convicted of intentional or attempted transmission of the virus could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison and face a $750 to $7,500 fine. That would put HIV in the same criminal category as transmitting any other communicable disease, such as Hepatitis C."

6a00d8341c730253ef014e86b06427970d Report: Gay UK asylum seekers frequently required to prove sexuality: "(Lecture) will detail the extraordinary methods to which individuals are resorting – including filming themselves having sex – to justify requests for refuge."


Video: A Fish Brain At Work

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Japanese scientists have - for the first time ever - recorded the brain activity of a fish as it watches it prey. It's a very cool short video. Watch the flashes of brain activity for yourself - AFTER THE JUMP.

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