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Are you drooling yet? New Alien prequel Prometheus hits the Internet and wow!

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 18, 2012 | Entertainment, Movies, Sci-Fi |

Well, the first trailer left Science Fiction fans wondering and waiting. With a fast-moving trailer, giving only hints of its meaning, the entire Internet was wroth with ideas and questions. Now, with the new trailer released it...

The deadly asbestos trade

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 27, 2008 | Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, health, News, Politics, Quebec, Science, World |

Asbestos is a mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos (῾ἀσβεστος) is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable. The Greeks termed asbestos the miracle mineral because of its soft and pliant...