NASA Photos Reveal Mercury Is Shrinking
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first pictures from the unseen side of Mercury reveal the wrinkles of a shrinking, aging planet with scars from volcanic eruptions and a birthmark shaped like a spider.... hosted.ap.org
DNA Study Supports African Origin Theory
Scientists have long believed that modern humans first developed in Africa and spread from there to populate the rest of the world. A new genetic analysis of people across the globe adds further confirmation to that theory. feeds.cbsnews.com
Letters: Religion and the rise of radicalism
Letters: Seumas Milne (Religion is now a potential ally of radical social change, March 27) is disingenuous in asserting that those poor souls who have the temerity to attack primitive belief systems thus become apologists for total capitalism and war guardian.co.uk
Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide and found 6 million pounds of debris from cigarette butts and food wrappers to abandoned fishing lines and plastic bags that threaten seabirds and marine mammals.... hosted.ap.org