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Controlled Supplements

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A new bill introduced by Senator John McCain could give the FDA unprecedented control over dietary supplements. (more)

Titanic Discovery

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured images of a lake on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. (more)

United Knowledge

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The Traditional Knowledge Initiative explores how traditional knowledge can be applied to climate change, water management, forestry, international policy, and higher education.

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Aya on Film

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Ayahuasca-centered documentary Heaven Earth artfully explores curanderismo from multiple perspectives. (more)

Reading Time Travel

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Yndico Is is the first in a series of children’s books that mixes fantasy, science fiction and adventure in an exploration of what it is to “be yourself.” (more)

Floating Freedom Festival

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The Seasteading Institute presents Ephemerisle, the “first ever floating festival of politics, community, and art.” (more)

Utopian Disasters

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The new book A Paradise Built in Hell explores the “redemptive, even utopian” potential of natural and man-made disasters. (more)

Alien Disclosure

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Dr. Steven Greer’s “Contact and Disclosure” talk at the Exopolitics Summit in Spain addresses ETs, shadow governments, cosmic awareness, and trans-dimensional technology. [Video] (more)

Occupation against Gentrification

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Housing advocates take over a bank-owned vacant lot in East Harlem to assist low-income New Yorkers. [Video] (more)

Energetic Reading

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Learn the A to Zs of energy healing with Cyndi Dale's The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anantomy. (more)

Who Revived the Electric Car?

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Obama announces a $2.4 billion boost for the electric vehicle industry.

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None Other than Noni

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Nature offers another versatile cure packed with nutraceuticals in the South Pacific Noni plant.

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Counting Sheep

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Research suggests that genetically isolated sheep in Scotland are getting smaller due to climate change. (more)

iTrip

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The Huffington Post recently featured the never-before-published letter from Albert Hofmann to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. (more)

Greening the Mother Road

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Environmen- talists are getting their kicks with an  "Electric Highway" proposal for Route 66. (more)

Exorcising Consumerism

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In the latest episode of "The Last Televangelist," Reverend Billy preaches against the "demon monoculture" that's threatening to gentrify Coney Island. [Video] (more)

Twitter Test

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Twitter’s ESP test fails to support the power of remote viewing. (more)

Tiny Black Holes

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Research suggests that at certain energy levels all particles are actually mini black holes. (more)

Right Makes Might

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In this CNN.com interview, Oprah Winfrey and author Daniel Pink discuss the arrival of the Conceptual Age and the new role of right brainers in the 21st century. (more)

Psychic Science

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A new documentary takes viewers on “a spiritual journey into the science behind psychic phenomena.”

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Galactic Afterglow

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NASA reveals new details telling how powerful "space tornadoes" cause luminescent auroras to appear. (more)

Green Empire

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New York's iconic Empire State Building is getting an earth-friendly makeover. (more)

Archaic Exhibit

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An upcoming exhibit in Germany centers on LA artists' interpreta- tions of Terrence McKenna's "archaic revival." (more)

Cash Crop

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USA Today highlights the use of local currencies in cities across America.

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Crystal Origins

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Could DNA have formed from the inorganic material found in crystals? (more)

Condom Calamity

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During his visit to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI sparked controversy when stating that condoms make the AIDS crisis worse. (more)

Organic Outlaws

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An insidious new bill backed by agribusiness giants could criminalize local organic farming. (more)

Space Scout

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NASA recently launched Kepler, a telescope that will explore the "habitable zone" of space for life-sustaining planets. (more)

Global Possibilities

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"As the structures of modern society crumble," the Global Oneness Project's latest film, What Would It Look Like? explores "what is being asked of us at this time of unprecedented global transformation." (more)

Green Traveler

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The Interstate Traveler is a clean energy, zero-emissions monorail system with stylish and futuristic appeal. (more)

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