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Saturday October 11, 2025     9:00 AM ET


Ellie's World Blog Today
October 7 Attack Two Years Later
What is my Greater Purpose?
2025 Nobel Peace Prizes So Far


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US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots who will train alongside US troops.




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 11, 2025


International Day of the Girl Child - Wikipedia




October 11, 2025


Coming Out Day

After reading thousands of clients and learning about the gay
experience from others as well - the most difficult part of
coming out is telling the family. Surprise ... they already knew.




October 11, 1977

Matthew Bomer - Videos - Filmography

To come out as gay is to live in your truth.

A skilled con artist can have people believing anything.




October 11, 1985 - February 25, 2025

Michelle Trachtenberg - Videos - Filmography

The real me is sitting at home, no makeup,
in my old sweatpants, watching videos.




October 11, 1976

Emily Deschanel - Videos - Filmography

Taking responsibility for mistakes is more
important than taking credit for good things.




October 11, 1992

Cardi B - Videos - Discography

I don't care about anyone not liking me,
you b*****s barely like yourselves




October 11, 1968

Jane Krakowski - Videos - Filmography

You can have a plan, but you have to be flexible. Every day
is unpredictable, and you just have to go with the flow.




October 11, 1972

Claudia Black - Videos - Filmography

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far
more accurate than you are willing to believe.




October 11, 1962

Joan Cusack - Videos - Filmography

In these troubling times we all need to laugh once in a while.




October 11, 1969

Stephen Moyer - Videos - Filmography

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with
conflict shows you the kind of people they are.




October 11, 1953

David Morse - Videos - Filmography

It's great to be able to have your feet in both worlds.
I wouldn't want to be just stuck in one or the other.




October 11, 1965

Sean Patrick Flanery - Videos - Filmography

No amount of study has prepared us for today's reality




October 11, 1966 - March 4, 2019

Luke Perry - Videos - Filmography

I always felt like somewhat of an outsider.




October 11, 1957

Paul Sereno Paleontologist - Videos

Some politicians are simply dinosaurs who should be retired.
Many simply lie through their teeth.




October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962

Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady from 1933-1945 - Videos

A leader is someone who inspires others, who leads by example and motivates
people to be better and move forward no matter how hard the challenges might be.




October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990

Art Blakey Drummer - Videos - Discography

Music washes away the dust of every day life.




Friday October 10, 2025     7:00 PM ET


NASA to Pack Astronauts Onto a Chip in The Name of Space Health

NASA Astronaut Winston Elliott Scott Feels 'Incredible' at Age 75.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blast, 'rewriting what we thought we knew' about alien star systems

Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first time

Microgravity Is The Final Frontier For Medicine. Here's Why.

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World's most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves

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Radical Plan to Beam 'Sunlight on Demand' at Night Sparks Concerns

SmartNav merges satellite science and Google's city mapping to make GPS ultra-precise, even in the toughest urban canyons

Scientists grow metal instead of 3D printing it - and it's 20x stronger

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Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

Mysterious Anomaly in Pacific Ocean Hints at Nearby Supernova Explosion

Extreme weather caused more than $100 billion in damage by June - smashing US records

A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.4 struck off the east coast of Mindanao, Philippines, sending panicked residents into the streets

A powerful nor'easter is about to bring nasty weather to millions along the East Coast, with fierce winds, drenching rain and dangerous seas expected this weekend into early next week.

Supercomputer Recreates a Wildfire That Created Its Own Thunderstorm

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The Best Medicine For Joint Pain Isn't What You Think - It's Exercise

Scientists discovered a brain pain switch that prioritizes survival needs over chronic suffering, revealing new hope for pain relief

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New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' could help solve an evolutionary mystery

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A New Orleans couple doing yard work behind their house unexpectedly found a Roman headstone of a solider who died 1,900 years ago.

A 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds.

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Israel begins withdrawing from parts of Gaza after ceasefire and hostage release deal approved

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 10, 1861 - May 13, 1930

Fridtjof Nansen Explorer, Scientist, Nobel Peace Prize - Video

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments.

As one reaches one bridge there is always another

and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.




October 10, 1941

Peter Coyote - Videos - Filmography

The idea of absolute freedom is fiction.




October 10, 1959

Bradley Whitford - Videos - Filmography

Getting older is an awakening tool for the person we've always wanted to become.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen.




October 10, 1954

David Lee Roth Lead singer of Van Halen - Videos - Discography

I live a very different life away from music.




October 10, 1946

Charles Dance - Videos - Filmography

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.




October 10, 1982

Dan Stevens - Videos - Filmography

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity;
moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn
configures new perspectives and conquers fears.




October 10, 1961

Jodi Benson - Videos - Filmography -- Discography

As an actor you're more free, you're a lot more ready,
you just listen and you react.




October 10, 1958

Tanya Tucker - Videos - Discography

Everybody has problems. Music makes things better.




October 10, 1950

Nora Roberts Author, 225 romance novels - Videos

I need to write to be happy.




October 10, 1731 - February 24, 1810

Henry Cavendish Discovered hydrogen - Videos


One should approach investigations through quantitative measurements.





Thursday October 9, 2025     7:00 PM ET


Nobel Prize in literature goes to Hungarian novelist for work confronting 'apocalyptic terror'

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Simulations unveil the electrodynamic nature of black hole mergers and other spacetime collisions

Image of two black holes circling each other captured for the first time

Astronomers discover the most 'pristine' star in the known universe

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Caltech Shatters Record With 6,100-Qubit Quantum Array

Physicists improve precision of atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise

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Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles - and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.

Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning, tiny 'sponge crystals' with an astonishing amount of inner space

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North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at end of last ice age, study finds

Antarctic Ocean of the last ice age reveals how a critical process of CO₂ storage may slow again

La Nina is back, but it's weak and may be brief. Will it still amp up the Atlantic hurricane season?

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Women Have Twice as Many Depression Genes as Men, Says Largest-of-Its-Kind Study

A groundbreaking Australian study reveals that fitter individuals actually use fewer heartbeats each day than their sedentary counterparts, dispelling the myth that exercise 'uses up' heartbeats.

New Class of Painkillers Could Work Without Blocking Healthy

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1,000-year-old burials of 'first Christians' in Poland discovered near medieval settlement

Scientists just proved the moai could walk, solving a 500-year mystery - New study uses 3D modeling, field experiments to confirm how Rapa Nui villagers moved massive statues.

Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric connections and a patrilineal society in early China

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Life through lens: How photos unlock stories behind places

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AI Detected an Unusual Detail Hidden in a Famous Raphael Masterpiece

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The Peace Plan Live - BBC

Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan

National Guard troops have started their mission in Chicago area, official says, as court showdowns over deployments loom




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 9-12, 2025

New York Comic Con




October 9, 2025



World Sight Day - Second Thursday of October - Wikipedia

Theme 2025: My Eyes My Future

People see with their eyes, their emotions, and sometimes
their ability to "see" what is not visible to the naked eye. ~ Ellie




October 9, 1000

Norse explorer Leif Ericson discovers Vinland becoming
the first known European to set foot in North America.




October 9, 1954

Scott Bakula - Videos - Filmography


I've always been a big fan of time travel.




October 9, 1979

Brandon Routh - Videos - Filmography


I think the world can always use some inspiration and hope.
Those are the most import things Superman has to offer us.




October 9, 1953

Tony Shalhoub - Videos - Filmography

Transparency in life is more important now than ever.




October 9, 1970

Jason Butler Harner - Videos - Filmography

If you make a difference in your life,
you will make a difference in the lives of those you touch.




October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

John Lennon - Videos - Discography

A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream together is reality.




October 9, 1975

Sean Lennon Singer - Videos - Discography - Filmography

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general
existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.




October 9, 1874 - December 13, 1947

Nicholas Roerich - Videos

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter and
philosopher - co-founder of the Agni Yoga Society

The evolution of the New Era rests on the
cornerstone of Knowledge and Beauty.




Wednesday October 8, 2025     7:00 PM ET


Physicists Predict When The Universe Will End in a Reverse Big Bang. If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own gravity on a finite timeline, new calculations suggest

A Rock Just Came Within 270 Miles of Hitting Earth - And We Only Noticed After

JWST May Have Discovered a New Kind of Star Powered by Dark Matter

Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS May Be A 10-Billion-Year-Old Time Capsule From An Earlier Age Of The Universe

Astronomers catch rare glimpse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it flies by Mars

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Loops of DNA Equipped Ancient Life To Become Complex

Humans May Be Among The First Intelligent Beings in The Universe

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Satellites record 20-meter high wave, showing the power of ocean swell

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Researchers discover a hidden atomic order that persists in metals even after extreme processing

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Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture

Splitting water: How order and disorder direct chemical reactivity

Century-Old Mystery Solved: Scientists Measure a Fraction of an Electron, Unlocking the Secret to Catalysis

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4 Plane Failures That Are More Common - And Less Dangerous - Than You Think

Cocoa Extract Supplements Could Reduce Aging-Related Chronic Inflammation

Scientists Find Hidden Switch Controlling Hunger

MIT and Harvard Build 'Invisible' Immune Cells That Obliterate Cancer

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A 3,000-Year-Old Workshop May Have Revealed The Origins of The Iron Age

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At least 24 people were killed and 47 wounded while protesting against Myanmar's military government after an army motorized paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd

Trump says Israel and Hamas have signed off on ‘first phase’ of Gaza peace plan




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 8, 2025

Draconid Meteor Showers Peak

Look Up! 2 Stunning Meteor Showers to Light Up October's Skies




October 8, 1970

Matt Damon - Videos - Filmography

We do a lot in our time here and the years pass quickly.
Eventually we have to be able to look back and live with the choices we made.




October 8, 1949

Sigourney Weaver - Videos - Filmography

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.




October 8, 1980

Nick Cannon - Videos - Discography -- Filmography

Most days I live in the moment.




October 8, 1968

Emily Procter - Videos - Filmography

Photographers look at life through the lens of a camera.




October 8, 1985

Bruno Mars - Videos - Discography

Life is about reaching out and connecting.




October 8, 1981

Ruby Singer, Actress- Videos - Discography - Filmography

The importance of exercise goes beyond the physical body.




October 8, 1969

Jeremy Davies - Videos - Filmography

You're never really lost if you remember where your home is.




October 8, 1993

Molly C. Quinn - Videos - Filmography

I like to play intriguing characters who make you wonder.




October 8, 1943

Chevy Chase - Videos - Filmography

All things come full circle as we fill in the spaces between.




October 8, 1965

Igor Jijikine - Videos - Filmography

Producers tend to cast me as the villain.




October 8, 1920 - February 11, 1986

Frank Herbert - Videos - Dune Series

The sleeper one day awakens in the dawn of a new reality.




Tuesday October 7, 2025     7:00 PM ET


With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in moon's mantle

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists - a Briton, a Frenchman and an American - for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.

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Artificial Neuron That 'Whispers' to Real Brain Cells Created in Amazing First

Physicists just built a quantum lie detector. It works

Scientists accidentally create a tiny 'rainbow chip' that could supercharge the internet

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Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth's hidden climate engine

Earth Could Overcorrect Global Warming, Triggering an Ice Age

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Your Life's Purpose Could Be Keeping Dementia at Bay, Study Finds. Having a strong sense of purpose was associated with an approximately 28 percent reduction in the risk of developing dementia, the data showed

Scientists Catch Parkinson's Protein Drilling Holes in Brain Cells

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126,000 Years Ago a Mammal Dragged Its Butt And Left a Unique Fossil

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Two-year anniversary of Hamas-led attack on Israel falls during Gaza truce negotiations

October 7 prompted some Jews to leave Israel. For others, the country offers shelter from rising global antisemitism

Israel and Hamas begin indirect Gaza ceasefire talks in Egypt




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 7, 1952

Vladimir Putin - Videos

Rejecting Trump's deal .... It's time to try peace through strength




October 7, 1885 - November 18, 1962

Niels Bohr Danish Physicist - Nobel Prize 1922
Videos - Quantum Mechanics - Manhattan Project
WWII - produced the first nuclear weapons


Niles Bohr and J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. Nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the bombs. Oppenheimer was nominated for the Nobel Prize for physics three times, in 1946, 1951 and 1967, but never won.

Both Niles Bohr and Albert Einstein (1879-1955) received Nobel prizes in physics. Their lifetimes encompassed World War I and World War II. On the eve of World War II, Einstein endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential German nuclear weapons program and recommending that the US begin similar research. Einstein supported the Allies but generally viewed the idea of nuclear weapons with great dismay.

Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr

The Fifth Solvay Conference in 1927 featured a debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein about whether the mind and consciousness are part of physics. Bohr thought they were but Einstein thought they were not. Bohr was right.




October 7, 1959

Simon Cowell - Videos

I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
It's the imperfections that make us interesting.




October 7, 1982

Jake McLaughlin - Videos - Filmography

As far as I'm concerned, the best acting class is life.




October 7, 1979

Shawn Ashmore - Videos - Filmography

Quote: Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.


Aaron Ashmore - Videos - Filmography

I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, read comic books, and play video games.




October 7, 1955

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist, Composer - Videos


I've been traveling all over the world for more than 30 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions than can be answered. It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician.




October 7, 1951

John Mellencamp - Videos - Discography

Regret should be handled swiftly, and you shouldn't hold onto it. People spend their entire lives regretting what they didn't do and what they should've done. Hey, man, you did what you did.




October 7, 1948

Diane Ackerman Author, naturalist - Videos

As a naturalist I worry about the final outcome of climate change.

War is a never ending story that affects almost everyone as the chapters of life reveal.




October 7, 1968

Toni Braxton - Videos - Discography -- Filmography

Performing live is the greatest high in the world.
That's why I do what I do.




October 7, 1970

Nicole Ari Parker - Videos - Filmography

Exercise is about being grateful for the body
you have and sustaining the life you have.




Monday October 6, 2025     7:00 PM ET


Thousands of sparkling newborn stars ignite in James Webb Space Telescope's Lobster Nebula - a breathtaking cosmic landscape that looks more like a scene from fantasy than reality.

October's sky comes alive with a supermoon and shooting stars

ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia

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Particles That Don't Exist Could Be Key to Understanding Reality

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AI Spots Hidden Signs of Disease Before Symptoms Appear

China's New Underwater Data Centers Could Slash Power by Up to 90%

How China is challenging Nvidia's AI chip dominance

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One hiker died and hundreds of others were rescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount Everest on the Chinese side

For 170 years, U.S. Cities have followed a hidden law of growth and decline

Clam shells sound alarm over unstable North Atlantic currents

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Nobel Prize for how immune system stops destructive rampage

MIT Scientists Unlock a New Level of Precision in Gene Editing

A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again

2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey near the modern-day city of Denizli - and it may honor the 'mother goddess'

Researchers in Canada matched 304 people diagnosed with ALS with 1,207 healthy people of the same age and sex. They estimated each individual's exposure to pollutants based on environmental records on the location of their primary residence.

Fragments of Bacteria in Our Gut May Lull Our Brains to Sleep at Night

It's not just genes - parents can pass down longevity another way

Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Shows

Wrongfully accused: Research acquits mosquitoes as carriers for Lyme disease

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2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey near the modern-day city of Denizli - and it may honor the 'mother goddess'

Corleck Head: A spooky three-faced Celtic sculpture found on the 'Hill of Death' in Ireland - and it may have been connected to human sacrifice 1,900 years ago

750-year-old grass shoe discovered in a vulture's nest in Spain

Unique gene variants in the Turkana people of Kenya may help them survive harsh desert heat

3,000 years of secrets hidden beneath Egypt's greatest temple - Karnak Temple

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167-Million-Year-Old Lizard With Snake-Like Jaws Puzzles Scientists




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


October 6, 2025

Full Hunter's Supermoon 9° Aries




October 6-13, 2025


Sukkot, Feast of Booths and Tabernacles




October 6, 2025


Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

One of the most important holidays in Chinese culture on par with the Chinese New Year. Lanterns of all size and shapes, are carried and displayed - symbolic beacons that light people's path to prosperity and good fortune. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean, egg yolk, meat or lotus-seed paste, are traditionally eaten during this festival.




October 6, 1963

Elisabeth Shue - Video - Filmography

Every experience makes you grow.
Sadness, joy, wonder - all feelings come from a place
of grounded strength that comes from trust in yourself.




October 6, 1971

Emily Mortimer - Videos - Filmography

I'm optimistic in the sense that I think
it's all going to be alright in the end.




October 6, 1974

Jeremy Sisto - Videos - Filmography

Today's legal system is broken.




October 6, 1973

Ioan Gruffudd - Videos - Filmography

They say the most successful people are the ones
who have failed more than they have succeeded.




October 6, 1963

Jsu Garcia - Videos - Filmography

The journey to truth was written by the ancients.
It will soon be uncovered in the architectural blueprint of reality.

To fight the battles that entrap you in the emotional games
of physical reality, is to be a spiritual warrior.




October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002


Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian Adventurer - Videos - Kon-Tiki

In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl became famous for skippering a tiny balsawood raft, the Kon-Tiki, on a 6,000km (3,728 miles) journey from Peru to Polynesia. His expedition proved, he said, that ancient cultures could have sailed to, and populated, the South Pacific. He excavated and photographed the Moai on Easter Island for the first time in the 1950's.

I believe that when one dies, one may wake up to

the reality that proves time does not exist.