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June 3, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Venus 'Doomed' From The Very Start? Was young Venus an Eden or a hell? Though the planet is closer to the sun than Earth is, our star was dimmer in those early years, so Venus—about the same size and mass as Earth—may have been cool enough to host oceans and even life. But new work published online in Nature dashes that hope. Continue reading... WATCH: Awe-Inspiring Video Of First U.S. Spacewalk Songbirds Cast Doubt On Theory About Baby Talk Never-Before-Seen Planet Shines In Amazing New Photo WATCH: How Our Sun May Die PHOTO: Amazing Supernova Remnant Ancient Egyptian Relic Carved From WHAT? REVEALED: Disturbing Trend In Human Intelligence LOOK: Is That A Rat On Mars? Weird Quantum Effect Observed For First Time WATCH: Teens' Seven Most Annoying Utterances...Decoded DAVID KATZ, M.D. CoQ & A The current study, which thus far has only been presented at a conference, albeit a prestigious one, and not yet published in full in the peer-reviewed literature, appears to be a game-changer. Continue reading... ROBERT FULLER The Brotherhood of Man and the Politics of Dignity If science and religion cooperate to uphold and extend dignity, and left and right remove the inequities that thwart fair competition, we can build a global society that's as close to heaven as we need. Continue reading... RICHARD STEINER Protecting Earth's Final Frontier -- The Deep Sea To unleash the same destructive, uncontrolled corporate determinism into the deep sea that has destroyed much of the land surface of our planet would be an historic mistake. Continue reading... JON HOTCHKISS Which Cup Keeps Coffee Hotter... Longest? (VIDEO) From cheap styrofoam to ceramic to expensive bone China to plastic and even 20-dollar thermoses, everyone who drinks coffee has their favorite "Caffeine Delivery Vehicle." And yet one question lingers: Which cup keeps the planet's favorite drink hotter... longest? Continue reading... TOM FRIEDEN, MD, MPH Arms Race -- Getting Ahead of Killer Microbes The basic tools of disease tracking and data analysis -- which CDC's disease detectives and others relied on to eradicate smallpox, identify Legionnaires' disease, and stop SARS -- remain essential. But they are no longer enough. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003