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Around a year ago, we reported on the discovery that two ancient pyramids may exist in Europe, but there was also some speculation that they may have been a hoax.Limited excavation of the sites has already been done by volunteers, who have discovered a paved roadway, tunnel entrances and large stone building blocks that may have been man-made. Aida Cerkez-Robinson reports in Yahoo News that Egyptologist Mohammed Ibrahim Ali has recommended that an archeological dig be carried out at the sites, in order to finally settle the question.
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Despite the fact that many sociologists say there is no such thing as race, many people are looking for their roots. An Indian tribe in California just got some amazing DNA evidence about where they came from. Medical researchers think that there are different races, and that the group you belong to could determine what genetic diseases could affect you.
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It’s an emergency situation, so we have to try. The Mississippi is eating away at the eating away at the coastline of Louisiana, making it even more vulnerable to future hurricanes. The amount of land being lost is huge and it’s happening FAST.

In the Independent, Andrew Gumbel writes that the delta region is losing land “at the rate of a football field every half hour or so?or a the area of a tennis court every 13 seconds?Even without another hurricane, the erosion patterns are deeply disturbing. Within the next 50 years, shallow water is going to be lapping all the way up to the New Orleans city limits.”
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Around a year ago we asked the question, is Wal-Mart evil? This goes along with a more recent question: are we getting poorer or does it just FEEL that way? A recent study shows that if there?s a Wal-Mart nearby, it’s probably TRUE.

University of Nebraska researcher Azzeddine Azzam discovered that in Nebraska, counties where a Wal-Mart is located have experienced on average a slower growth in standard of living than counties without one. compared how growth in household income from 1979 to 2002 differed between 19 counties with Wal-Marts and 74 without. Azzam says, “There is a Wal-Mart effect, but we don’t completely understand it.
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