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A Young Barack Obama! :D (1980)

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Hideous Rodent or a beautiful outcome of evolution?

BOTH!

Naked mole rats are unique in many ways. For one, they're the only mammals with a hive mind, obeying their queen as if they were ants.
According to the scientists, the mole rat's cells express a gene that tells cells to stop dividing. The gene, called p16, forms a second ring of defense against cancer. Most mammals, including humans, only have one gene, p27, protecting cells from cancer. And while most cancers know a way around p27, p16 stops them cold.

Some other mole rat facts: their lips are behind their front teeth, they breathe mostly through their skin, and acid doesn't really burn them. I don't know what planet these things are from, but if they're helping cure cancer, I'm glad they're here.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/hideous-rodent-may-provide-cure-cancer

Haunting picture proof that chimps really grieve.

United in what appears to be deep and profound grief, a phalanx of more than a dozen chimpanzees stood in silence watching from behind the wire of their enclosure as the body of one of their own was wheeled past. 
This extraordinary scene took place recently at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon, West Africa. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223227/Is-haunting-picture-proof-chimps-really-DO-grieve.html#ixzz0VBEMsfRP

Nixon had speech ready in case of moon landing failure

ALMOST 40 years since the successful Moon landing, a document has emerged that contains former US president Richard Nixon’s speech, which would have been read out to the American public in the case the mission had ended in failure.     

After calling their widows, he would have told the watching millions: "Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace.

 

Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/world/idsnqlqloj/rss2/#ixzz0UylJl7Oh

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