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We know thepoles areshifting right now (as they do at regular intervals)?now weknow why.

It turns out that fluid in the center of the earth issloshing around, causing the poles to magnetically shift. InLiveScience.com, Jeremy Hsu writes, “The last major changein the field took place some 780,000 years ago during amagnetic reversal, although such reversals seem to occurmore often on average. A flip in the north and south polestypically involves a weakening in the magnetic field,followed by a period of rapid recovery and reorganization ofopposite polarity.”
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Hug Power

After a bad experience, the best thing you can do is get a big comforting hug from someone who?s close to you. Chimps do it, so we can too.

Researcher Orlaith Fraser Fraser and his team observed 22 adult chimps at a UK zoo for 18 months. They paid special attention to what happened after the animals had an argument and noticed that about half the time, the loser would be consoled by another member of the group.
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Deep in the deserted coal mines of Illinois lie?fossil forests!

These were some of the first forests on earth and have now all turned to stone, stretching for many miles?mostly on the ceilings of the mines.
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No more matching blood types for transfusions – Sometimes, before an operation, the patient who is about to go under the scalpel is asked to give blood, so the surgeon knows the right blood type will be available, if needed. Some people are frightened of blood transfusions, because they have transmitted AIDS and Mad Cow Disease. But soon, all that will be over?researchers have discovered how to create blood from stem cells! Who said stem cell research wasn’t valuable?
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