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Television star obtains ceremonial ordination online through unique service that also permits couples to obtain marriage license without regard to sexual orientation.

Make that Reverend Tori Spelling. The popular television actress has received her ceremonial ordination and now proudly wears the title of Reverend before her name.

The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth more than 500 million years ago.

The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth more than 500 million years ago. University of Chicago paleontologist Mark Webster reports this finding in the July 27 issue of the journal Science.

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A species of Cambrian Period trilobite found in Nevada. Trilobites
went extinct 250 million years ago, long before the appearance of
the first dinosaurs.

Researchers from Saint Louis University (SLU) and Peking University in China are revealing for the first time the findings of a discovery that could change the way we think about the development of life on Earth.

A worker for a NASA subcontractor has attempted to sabotage the International Space Station by cutting wires on a computer scheduled for delivery on the next Atlantis launch.

NASA has reported that a space program worker deliberately cut wires on a computer that was bound for the International Space Station. The employee has yet to be identified, but works for a subcontractor for NASA.

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The International Space Station as seen from Atlantis on June 10,
2007. (NASA photo)

Supermassive black holes have been discovered to grow more rapidly in young galaxy clusters, according to new results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These "fast-track" supermassive black holes can have a big influence on the galaxies and clusters that they live in.

Supermassive black holes have been discovered to grow more rapidly in young galaxy clusters, according to new results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These "fast-track" supermassive black holes can have a big influence on the galaxies and clusters that they live in.

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These galaxy clusters show that younger, more distant galaxy clusters contained far more active galactic nuclei
(AGN) than older, nearby ones. It was found that the clusters at 58% of the Universe's current age contained
about 20 times more AGN than those at 82% of Universe's age. The galaxies in the earlier Universe contained
much more gas that allowed for more star formation and black hole growth. In the Chandra X-ray images,
red, green, and blue represent low, medium, and high-energy X-rays.

If single quantum particles can exist in two places at once, and interfere with themselves in predictable patterns, what happens when there are two quantum particles? New research allows scientists to observe, for the first time, an oscillating interference pattern between two identical particles, thus supporting quantum theory.

In a classic physics experiment, photons (light particles), electrons, or any other quantum particles are fired, one at a time, at a sheet with two slits cut in it that sits in front of a recording plate. For photons, a photographic plate reveals an oscillating pattern (bands of light and dark) - a sign that each particle, behaving like a wave, has somehow passed through both slits simultaneously and interfered, canceling the light in some places and enhancing it in others.

New trends in the psychic readings industry indicate that consumers are more discerning when it comes to purchasing psychic services compared to 20 years ago. The industry is developing new best practices to keep up with client demand.

Gone are the days when a woman dressed like a gypsy would have you look into a crystal ball to see your future. Modern day psychics now do readings over the telephone or the internet for millions of consumers each year. A recent look at trends in the psychic readings industry shows that consumers are much more educated and discerning when it comes to purchasing psychic readings now as compared to 20 years ago. Looking Beyond, Inc., a psychic readings company founded in 1989, recently asked some of its clients what they look for in selecting a psychic.

A peace group, Peace One Day, has launched a "digiwristband," representing a digital evolution of the rubber wristband phenomenon spearheaded by Lance Armstrong. This "digiwristband" gives the global community an environmentally-friendly way to express and share their commitment to peace through their websites, blogs, email signatures, MySpace or Facebook profiles and screen savers, creating the planet's largest ever peace community in support of Peace Day, 21 September.

Jeremy Gilley, British filmmaker and founder of Peace One Day, today officially launches the world's first "digiwristband" at Peace One Day to unite and inspire other individuals across the globe to make a commitment for Peace Day on 21 September 2007.

Oscar, a cat at a Rhode Island nursing home, curls up against patients who are about to die. According to a spokesperson, he's rarely wrong.

A cat at a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island is evidently able to sense when residents of the home are about to die.

Professional paleontologists from around the world are concerned about the misrepresentation of science at the newly opened Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology contends that the museum presents visitors with a view of earth history that has been scientifically disproven for over a century.

Professional paleontologists from around the world are concerned about the misrepresentation of science at the newly opened Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. The Creation Museum has been marketed to the public as a "reasoned, logical defence" for young-earth creationism by Ken Ham, the President and CEO of Answers in Genesis, which runs the Creation Museum.