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Why History Channel's 'The Bible' draws boffo ratings despite reviews

Why History Channel's 'The Bible' draws boffo ratings despite reviews - Reviews of History Channel's 'The Bible' are lukewarm at best, but the Easter-season series is scoring high ratings, pointing to what some call an overlooked appetite for religious storytelling.This is the time of year for traditional sandals-and-toga programming, but this year’s five-episode, 10-hour History Channel mini-series, “The Bible,” is a sensation.According to Nielsen, the first two Sundays leading up to Easter drew...

Dachshund Pups Caught Nuzzling With a Capybara

Dachshund Pups Caught Nuzzling With a Capybara - Otherwise, how could one explain the adorable photos showing the Dachshund mix puppies being mothered by a prickly capybara known as Cheesecake?The photos were posted to Facebook by Rocky Ridge Refuge, the Arkansas-based animal rescue group that took in the litter of eight puppies after they were left in a Tupperware container outside a church March 6. Good Morning America/(Courtesy: Rocky Ridge Refuge) - (Courtesy: Rocky Ridge Refuge) (Courtesy:...

The Truth About Vitamin D: How Sunshine Can Change Your Health

The Truth About Vitamin D: How Sunshine Can Change Your Health - Deficient is not a word we like to hear used to describe us. Unfortunately, that's what most of us are - in vitamin D, that is. It's estimated that three out of four Americans are D-deficient. Yet, how to get the needed vitamin - and exactly how much of it - is up for debate. That's why we scoped out the true lowdown on D. "Although our body doesn't make vitamin D on its own, it does create the precursor to it, referred to...

Israeli government sends mixed signals on peace

Israeli government sends mixed signals on peace - Ahead of the arrival of President Barack Obama on a high-profile Mideast mission, Israel's new government on Monday sent mixed messages about pursuing peace with the Palestinians.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech to parliament that his hand is outstretched in peace and that he is ready for a "historic compromise," but one of his closest allies called hopes for peace "delusional."The conflicting signals gave a glimpse of the...

Cloning Woolly Mammoths: It's the Ecology, Stupid

Cloning Woolly Mammoths: It's the Ecology, Stupid -As an ecologist of ice age giants, I long ago came to terms with the fact that I will never look my study organisms in the eye. I will never observe black-bear-sized beavers through binoculars in their natural habitats, build experimental exclosures to test the effects of mastodons on plants, or even observe a giant ground sloth in a zoo. As a conservation paleoecologist, I study the natural experiments of the past--like climate...

Babies Swim Into Easter

Babies Swim Into Easter - Who needs a portrait with the Easter bunny when you have these tiny tots to ring in spring and Easter?A group of babies who all learned to swim at Water Babies, the world’s leading baby swim school, were photographed underwater celebrating Easter in a unique way.The three children – two babies and one toddler – were photographed earlier this month as part of the swim school’s regular tradition of offering parents the chance to have their babies photographed underwater...

Seven Steps to Cut Cancer Risk in Half

Seven Steps to Cut Cancer Risk in Half - It turns out that following the American Heart Association’s seven steps for heart health – dubbed Life’s Simple 7 – can also ward off cancer, according to a new study. Following six of the steps can even cut cancer risk in half, said Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She said she and her colleagues just had a hunch that following healthy-heart guidelines would also...