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This video is a Neal Adams animation about his theory that the Earth is growing. This collides with the Pangea theory. Watch it, you will be amazed.

At a magnitude of 7.9, the earthquake that rocked China’s Sichuan province is now estimated to be the country’s deadliest in recent history. Fatalities have tallied over 15,000 in an industrial city that was reduced to a living situation most closely resembling a refugee camp. As national guards continue rescue efforts in rain drenched rubble, the potential for after-shocks has driven most families from their homes. Access to any type of building or upright structure still standing is prohibited by Chinese officials. Without shelter, citizens unable to evacuate the area sleep in plastic bags to keep dry.

Despite the Chinese governments efforts, the rain-drenched hillsides remain unstable and prone to landslide. International sympathy has started to come in from the United States, international relief organizations and even from the Dalai Lama who offered his prayers to the victims.

Trudy Forte discusses her work developing nano-sized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles that can be used as a safe and effective means of delivering anticancer drugs to brain tumors, particularly the most common malignant brain tumor in adults and one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

A research team led by scientists at MD Anderson Cancer Center report that 2 specific common inherited genetic variations are associated with increased risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers.

Dr. Amos talks about how the findings are a major step forward in identifying those at high risk for non-small cell lung cancer and for understanding how smoking and genetic factors interact to cause the disease.