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The following articles by various authors are of significant interest. They cover many important topics including current events, historical documentation, commentaries, subjects in law, natural rights, and more. Take the time to educate yourself and form your own opinions. You will find it to be time well spent.

Russian proton rocket explodes in upper atmosphere!

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - May 16, 2014 - A Russian rocket carrying the country’s most advanced communications satellite exploded shortly after launch early Friday.

Officials lost contact about nine minutes after the unmanned rocket took off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. About 100 miles high, it veered off path and disintegrated in Earth’s atmosphere. The Express-AM4P European-built sat

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New study shows that fluoride use may lead to kidney stones!

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - May 16, 2014 - A new study published in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry indicates that fluoride ions found in fluoridated water and toothpaste may lead to an increase in Urinary Stone Disease (USD).

The study was conducted by chemists from Russia and Australia, led by Pavel Nesterenko at the University of Tasmania.

The team studied 20 ur

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Tractor beams demonstrated!

CHICAGO, Illinois (PNN) - May 15, 2014 - Tractor beams (short for "attractor beams," which can bring one object closer to another from a distance) are a common trope in science fiction. But could they be made in real life?

Researchers made news earlier this year when they created a kind of tractor beam, or “optical tweezers" that can move around nano-sized objects wi

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In Denmark nothing says EU elections like group sex and random beheadings!

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (PNN) - May 13, 2014 - You thought the European Union was all pen-pushers, tedious trilingual debates and the occasional fruit-based controversy. How wrong you were.

It turns out the EU decides way, way more important stuff, like how to deal with climate change and whether chemicals are allowed in toys and, er, how much cinnamon to sprinkle on a Brussels-approved

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Scientists engineer mutant DNA into living creatures!

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - May 8, 2014 - The DNA of all life on Earth is made up of different combinations of the same two DNA base pairs - all life, that is, except for the new mutants living in one lab at an institute in southern Kalifornia.

The project is even being lead by a bald professor. However, contrary to what you might be thinking, the man's name is Floyd E. Romesberg

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Russia to build super-rocket in hopes of getting to Mars by 2030!

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - April 30, 2014 - Russia has announced plans to build a super-heavy carrier rocket that could propel its cosmonauts to Mars by 2030. The rocket will rival NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), which is expected to come in two variants capable of lifting 70 and 130 tons into orbit.

Construction of the first stage of Russia's super-rocket - capable of lifting 80 tons

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The cast of Star Wars: Episode VII has been announced!

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - April 29, 2014 - After months of rumors and rabid speculation, Lucasfilm has finally announced the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

The cast, which combines Star Wars veterans with plenty of new faces, includes Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill as well as Attack the Block star John Boyega, Girls‘ Adam Dr