Weekend Reads 7/18/15

Deep-Sea Cameras Reveal “Sharkcano”

“These large animals are living in what you have to assume is much hotter and much more acidic water, and they’re just hanging out,” Phillips says.

Scientists show future events decide what happens in the past

However, the second grate was only put in place after the atom had passed through the first one. And the second grate wasn't applied each time, only randomly, to see how the particles reacted differently.

What they found was that, when there were two grates in place, the atom passed through it on many paths in a wave form, but, when the second grate was removed, it behaved like a particle and took only one path through.

Are Sacred Texts All The Same?

On the other other hand, consider the satirical bit of “news” from The Onion about a non-denominational terror organization. The fact that there does not seem to be such a thing in reality strikes me as significant. There are forces of division and hate, and forces of love and reconciliation. And despite the attempts that are sometimes made to paint all religion – or all religions other than one’s own – with one broad brush, there are commonalities and distinctives that run through all sacred texts, just as they do through all other human products. But they are not all the same, nor do they all warn of the same things or emphasize the same things.

Republicans Are Acting Like Democrats. Democrats Are Acting Like Republicans.

“You know the difference in Democrats and Republicans?” Bill Clinton said in a 2003 speech. “In every presidential election, Democrats want to fall in love. Republicans just fall in line.”

But this year, the historical trend has reversed itself.