by alan | Sep 11, 2015 | Clarion Causes, Uncategorized
Tonka, a 7-year-old wombat, lost everything he ever knew: his home, his mom and any sense of stability in his life. He was rescued by the Billabong Sanctuary, where he was diagnosed with depression — and ever since then, the one thing in the whole world that brings...
by alan | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
WAFFLES JUNE 4, 2015 A false story circulating this week claims that four sons of members of The Beatles have joined to form a band called “The Shoots.” SATIRE The false story claims that four sons of former members of The Beatles – James McCartney, Sean Lennon, Dhani...
by alan | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Human faces may hold more meaning for socially outgoing individuals than for their more introverted counterparts, a new study suggests. The results show the brains of extroverts pay more attention to human faces than do introverts. In fact, introverts’ brains...
by alan | Aug 27, 2015 | Clarion Causes, Uncategorized
By: Alan Graham. Rudy is ninety eight years old, that’s fifteen in dog years. As you can imagine his engine is running a little slow these days. Recently I saw him taking his owner for a walk and we stopped to chat. Rudy is now deaf and blind and seemed to be...
by alan | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The first octopus genome is now fully sequenced, according to a new study in Nature. Scientists stitched together the complex genome of the California two-spot octopus, and analyzed 12 different tissues in search of the genes that allow these unique cephalopods to...
