End Of Days Tomorrow? Could this be a hoax? Just like last time?

Diagnosis: Reality Check via WebMD

Prepare For Survival In Case Of Emergencies

With today’s technology in mind, several things should always be in your emergency backpacks: A very loud whistle, and a laser pointer (in case you have been isolated in the wild, and away from accessible routes. They both can help in being located when lost. Of course today cell phones can be very helpful. There are very inexpensive battery, dynamo, and solar powered, operated portable radios. Always have your little waterproofed medicine, protein bar and matches.

Today’s Quotation: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Today’s Quotation

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Discuss

Today In History: Shake-Speares Sonnets First Published (1609)

This Day in History
Shake-Speares Sonnets First Published (1609)
Shakespeare penned 154 sonnets in his lifetime. Likely written sometime in the 1590s, the majority of the poems were first published in a 1609 work titled Shake-Speares Sonnets. The first 126 of the 154 sonnets are addressed to a young man whose identity has long intrigued scholars. The publisher, Thomas Thorpe, wrote a dedication to the first edition in which he claimed that a person with the initials WH had inspired the sonnets. What are some theories about who the man might have been? More… Discuss

Article Of The Day: The Giant Impact Hypothesis (May 20, 2011)

The Giant Impact Hypothesis

The giant impact hypothesis—the favored scientific hypothesis for the formation of the Moon—proposes that the Moon was created from the debris of a collision between a young Earth and a Mars-sized celestial body. Evidence for the hypothesis includes Moon samples indicating that its surface was once molten, the Moon’s apparently relatively small iron core and lower density than that of Earth, and evidence of similar collisions in other solar systems. What evidence is inconsistent with the theory? More… Discuss