Friday May 14, 2026


May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919


Lyman Frank Baum - Author, actor, filmmaker
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Videos


Enter the land of Oz ... It may be closer than you think.



More Birthdays and News




All About Horses


This takes us to Saturday May 16, 2026 and the ...


Preakness - Wikipedia - In the News


The 151st running of the Preakness Stakes takes place on Saturday making historic waves by moving away from its traditional home at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course to Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland. This temporary relocation marks the first time in 118 years that the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown has left Pimlico. Pimlico is undergoing a major $400 million redevelopment project and is scheduled to return to a completely rebuilt Pimlico in Spring 2027.


From Horses to Taurus the Bull


May 16, 2026


Super New Moon 25° Taurus


May features two full moons - the second on May 31 - called a Blue Moon.


It's a time of reset in ways you may or may not be aware until they manifest.






E.T. Ellie Talk - Spilling the ET


Extraterrestrial and UFO Files


New UFO files offer no answers but something is happening in the skies


The Catholic Church on UFOs and alien life.




Astronomy in the News


Astronomy Index


Interstellar Objects New Files and Directory


Comets New Files and Directory




Scientists discover hidden chemical signature or pattern that could reveal alien life across the cosmos


Astrophysicists use 'space archaeology' to trace the history of a spiral galaxy


Gravitational wave detectors can now 'autotune' signals to harmonize the heavens


Mars Rock Refused To Let Go of NASA's Curiosity Rover


Scientists Uncover the Surprising Source of Strange Clouds Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole


NASA's Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Have Broken The Sound Barrier in Tests


James Webb Telescope Reveals the Universe's Hidden Cosmic Web in Stunning Detail


s NASA's Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before


James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe's cosmic web


Stardust Trapped in Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth's Journey Through The Cosmos


Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Came From a Place Nothing Like Our Solar System





Physics in the News


Physics


This Magnetic Field Trick Creates Entirely New Forms of Matter


String theory is uniquely derived from basic assumptions about the universe, physicists show


Physicists Solve Major Challenge in Quantum Synchronization


Scientists just proved that tiny metal 'lumps' can exist in multiple places at once, pushing quantum weirdness to a whole new scale


Physicists discover quantum particles that break the rules of reality





Crystals in the News


Crystals


The World's First Nuclear Explosion Forged an 'Impossible' Crystal - Clathrate





Chemistry in the News


Chemistry ~ ~ Metallurgy ~ ~ Minerals


A Strange Quantum Effect May Explain One of Biology's Greatest Mysteries


An everyday sweetener offers a surprisingly powerful engine for transparent, stretchable electronics


Scientists Discover Hidden Materials That Could Transform Clean Energy and Batteries


Researchers Discover Efficient New Way To Split Hydrogen From Water for Energy





Colors in the News


Colors


Scientists have finally cracked the hidden geometry behind how humans perceive color




Tarot and Tech in 2026


Tarot


How tarot readers are using AI - and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice




Technology in the News


Artificial Intelligence ~ ~ Technology


Scientists Build a Living AI Device Using Real Brain Cells


Study Reveals Dangerous Flaw in AI Symptom Checkers


A long-unsolved quantum puzzle has finally been cracked, opening new possibilities for teleportation-like technologies and next-generation quantum computing


New 'trick' fixes major flaw in neutral-atom quantum computers - inching us closer to a superpowerful system


JUPITER supercomputer breaks world record with 50-qubit quantum simulation


Forget Today's Wi-Fi: A New Light-Based Wireless System Just Reached 362 Gbps on Half the Power





Brain in the News


Brain Index


Inside the cerebellum, unique neurons predict the timing of future events


Your brain has a shortcut for hard problems, and it starts by ignoring most of them


How the brain switches between older and newer memories


New Stroke Study Challenges Decades-Old Medical Beliefs


New MRI Breakthrough Captures Stunningly Clear Images of the Eye and Brain


Psychologists Say People Who Still Use Paper Calendars Aren't Stubborn or Old-Fashioned. Their Brains Are Wired to Process Information in a Richer Way


Scientists Identify Simple Supplement - Amino Acid, Arginine - That Greatly Reduces Alzheimer's Damage


432Hz 'Brain Tuning' Is an Ancient Idea. Does It Actually Work?


Why Some Brains Switch Gears Faster Than Others


One Rare Condition Seems to Protect The Brain From Schizophrenia


Scientists discover the brain's hidden stop scratching switch





Psychology in the News


Psychology Index - Depression


Experts Say People Who Constantly Apologize for Things That Aren't Their Fault May Not Be Overly Polite. It's a Learned Childhood Survival Reflex


New Therapy Rewires the Brain To Restore Joy in Depression Patients





Health in the News


Health Files ~ Alternative Healing


Multi-omics - Your blood may already know what illness comes next long before symptoms appear


Dementia is not a single disease but a broad term that includes more than 100 different conditions. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form, accounting for about 60% of cases, and memory problems are among its best-known symptoms.


Scientists Solve a 60-Year-Old Fat Cell Mystery - and It Changes What We Know About Obesity


Which Supplements Do Older Adults Actually Need? Here's What The Science Says


Scientists Discover Cheap Material - Unusual Sulfur-based Polymer - That Kills Deadly Superbugs


Scientists Identify Simple Supplement - Amino Acid, Arginine - That Greatly Reduces Alzheimer's Damage


Your Blood Pressure reading could be wrong because a simple positioning mistake during a blood pressure check could quietly alter the results


An 800-year-old Chinese exercise routine lowered blood pressure almost as effectively as medication in a major clinical trial.


Hantavirus LIVE: American passengers from cruise reach specialized facilities in Nebraska as WHO chief says 'we expect more cases.'


Hidden Heart Risk Found in 1 in 5 People, Study Warns


Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, has just been given a new name that experts say better reflects the nature of the condition - polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS)


New Daily Steps Goal Shows You Don't Need 10,000 to Keep The Weight Off


Scientists Destroy COVID And Flu Viruses in The Lab With Sound Waves


That Haunted Feeling May Be Caused by a Sound You Can't Hear





Very gradually... I've been spring cleaning this year - my wardrobe and the other things we do as we segue from winter into summer which is my least favorite season. I hate heat and dread summer especially as climate change takes its toll everywhere.


No matter what 'guide' you use to predict the summer - from your crystal ball to meteorology - we know it's going to be hot. I googled the long-range forecast for the Northeast and this is what it said ...


    Current long-range forecasts are leaning toward a hotter-than-normal summer in the Northeast, with a higher likelihood of multiple heat waves, especially in July and August. Areas including New Jersey, New York, and much of New England are expected to trend above average in temperature. Bugger!


Years ago I considered taking a trip with a friend to see the Northern Lights - but life got in the way and it never happened. Meanwhile, clients in Alaska now report experiencing heat waves there too. Time to google again ...


    Scientists expect much of Alaska and the Arctic to remain unusually warm this summer, continuing a long-term warming trend that has accelerated dramatically in recent years. Bummer!


The talk on the street is we are going from below normal temperatures to heat hot and humid ... again.


One good thing about the upcoming summer - after 30 years there's finally no need for me to blog about climate change as almost everybody gets it and has stories to share.


It's kind of like simulation theories - events are increasing exponentially and there's no going back.


The only thing that still surprises me is people saying, "I never thought it would happen to me."


The weirdest story from last summer was a woman who had built her North Carolina home on stilts that extended into the ocean - then was shocked when her house fell into the sea. (Allegory moment).


So what's left of my 'spring cleaning'? It's more about checking the alignments of the multidimensional facets of my life with the universal design (blueprint, transcript, archetypes, grids, etc.).


Yep ... all is as it as it was written and on 'time". Thanks Z!





Planet Earth In the News


Planet Earth Index


More than half of US faces worst drought in decades, says expert


One in four 2026 World Cup games could face dangerous heat across North America: researchers


A Crucial Atlantic Current Is Weakening and Weather Could Change Worldwide


At least seven people were hospitalized after blowing dust reduced visibility and triggered multiple vehicle crashes along U.S. 91 near Cove, Utah, close to the Idaho border


Nine small earthquakes struck the Pardis area east of Tehran overnight on May 12 and 13, 2026, including a M4.6 event near the border of Tehran and Mazandaran provinces, renewing attention on seismic risks around the Iranian capital.


Rare volcanic ash emission detected from submarine volcano in Central Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea


Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today


A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare


Once-in-a-century 'super' El Nino in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in April


Methana volcano in Greece - Scientists now understand dormant volcanoes over long periods without eruptions do not always mean they are extinct


Scientists studying more than 750 cactus species discovered that what really drives the explosion of new cactus species isn't flower size or specialized pollinators, but how quickly cactus flowers change shape over time.


First Signatures of a Future Tectonic Split Are Bubbling Up In Zambia


The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold


Giant Squid Detected off Western Australia in Stunning Deep-Sea Discovery


Western Australia is edging toward desertification


Deep beneath Swiss Alps, researchers trigger 8,000 tiny quakes in controlled test


Ancient iceberg scratches reveal reverse Great Lakes snowbelt


Fire that scorched African mountain range on 2012 was unprecedented in the last 12,000 years, research shows


Earth system AI closes data gaps to shows how extreme weather emerges


Climate emulator recreates 2.6 million years of ice-age cycles on a laptop





Archaeology in the News


Archaeology


The first domesticated horses: 6,000 years of a complex story


What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague


Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age


Neanderthal dentists used stone drills to treat cavities nearly 60,000 years ago, ancient molar suggests


A history of containers, an ancient technology hundreds of thousands of years in the making


A Father and His Daughter Stopped Along a Road in Norway and Stumbled Upon 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Carvings Unlike Any Seen Before


400,000-Year-Old Proteins Reveal a Surprise Twist in The Human Family Tree


Buried in Sudan's desert, 280 vast stone circles reveal a vanished cattle-herding culture


Advanced construction techniques and domestic layouts discovered in Roman-Byzantine villages of Syria


After 108 years, the wreck of the USCGC Tampa has been found off the coast of Cornwall, England. The ship, sunk by a German torpedo during World War I, took 131 lives, marking one of the deadliest events for the U.S. during the war


Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat





Paleontology in the News


Paleontology Index


400,000-Year-Old Proteins Reveal a Surprise Twist in The Human Family Tree


A stunning fossil reanalysis suggests some of Earth's earliest animals were actually ancient bacteria and algae hiding in plain sight.


This strange giant dinosaur may change what we know about Jurassic titans


'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legs


Scientists Solve 320-Million-Year Mystery of Reptile Skin Armor





May 12-23, 2026


79th Cannes Film Festival ~ Wikipedia


Every year, the world's most celebrated filmmakers, actors, and industry professionals gather in the French Riviera to showcase groundbreaking cinema. The red carpet buzz, the glamour, and the anticipation of who will take home the coveted Palme d'Or - makes Cannes an unforgettable experience for those in the cinema industry.


Beyond just the glitz, Cannes is a rich tapestry of themes. It's a celebration of artistic freedom, where bold storytelling confronts social issues - think climate change, gender, migration, and political upheaval. It's also a meeting ground for global cultures, where stories from every corner of the world get their moment in the spotlight. And, of course, it's a place where the future of cinema often takes its first bold steps.











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