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Church leaders give blessing to gadgets in the pews
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Church pews nationwide were lit up this Easter weekend, and not just by the glow of so many churchgoers making their once-a-year appearances — iPads and smartphones were on plenty of parishioners’ laps, helping people follow along with the ceremonies. Congregants are feeling increasingly comfortable with using gadgets in church, and priests and ministers are condoning it.
A taste of exotic meats at the explorers club annual dinner
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The 108th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. It was held, as ever, at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, because that’s traditional and also because the Waldorf has a very liberal attitude toward allowing camels and kangaroos to mill around in its ballroom.
Before the live animals are trotted out on stage, the opening hour of the festivity is dedicated to cocktails — such as the Explorers Club Martini, which has a cow’s eyeball in it for garnish — and exotic eatables, all sourced, prepared, and masterminded by Gene Rurka, the club’s "Exotics Chairman."
Eyeballs
Gene Rurka shows off some of the eyeballs that he is going to serve at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner.
The evolution of the moon in three minutes
Posted by: | CommentsIn celebration of 1,000 days in orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team released two beautiful videos of our moon, one a fiery drama showing the moon’s tough evolution and another touring its most interesting sites.
Late heavy bombardment
Researchers in Russia and South Korea are moving forward with a plan to resurrect the Ice Age woolly mammoth. Scientists in both countries inked a deal Tuesday to share technology and research that could lead to the birth of a mammoth clone, gestated in a surrogate Indian elephant mother.
