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MAY 2025
May 17 - Preakness
May 18 - American Music Awards - AMAs
May 20 - Sun in Gemini
May 23-26 - Fleet Week NYC
May 26 - Indianapolis 500
May 26 - Memorial Day
May 27 - New Moon 6° Gemini


Reading with Ellie






May 13-24, 2025

Cannes Film Festival - Wikipedia




Monday May 12, 2025     11:00 AM ET


Ellie's World Blog Today
National Limerick Day
Full Flower Moon (Micromoon) 22° Scorpio
Fun in the Sun with my Friend Clell


New Signals Hint at a Lost Ocean of Water Concealed Within Mars

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Bryce Fire in Arizona rapidly spreads to 2,900 acres

126-year-old rain record broken in Charleston as heavy rain spreads across Southeast

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'Perfect Storm': Expert Reveals Why Pollen Allergies Are Getting Worse

Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns

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See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago

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Dow soars 1,000 points after Trump team and China dramatically lower tariffs. By May 14, the US will temporarily lower its overall tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China will cut its levies on American imports from 125% to 10%




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


May 12, 2025


Full Moon 22° Scorpio


May's full 'Flower Moon' will be a micromoon. Here's how to watch it rise.




May 12, 1981

Rami Malek - Videos - Filmography

When you do something that people respond to, and then you start
altering the blueprint for what worked, it's pretty fear-inducing.




May 12, 1989

Clare Bowen - Videos - Filmography

People spend a lot of time healing.




May 12, 1970

Samantha Mathis - Videos - Filmography

You have to create your on-screen character
into reality to make it work.




May 12, 1978

Malin Akerman - Videos - Filmography

Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time?




May 12, 1986

Emily VanCamp - Videos - Filmography

People who lack humility are really annoying.




May 12, 1950

Bruce Boxleitner - Videos - Filmography

Solitude has its positive moments,
but forced solitude is never mentally healthy.




May 12, 1978

Jason Biggs - Videos - Filmography

Is being a standup comic becoming a lost art? It used to
be about the hecklers but now it's about the crazy people.




May 12, 1963

Emilio Estevez Actor, Director - Videos - Filmography

His father is Martin Sheen. His siblings include
Charlie Sheen (Carlos Estevez), Ramon Estevez and Renee Estevez.


Humans are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks.

All famous families have their share of sweetness and nuts.




May 12, 1966

Stephen Baldwin - Videos - Filmography

Stephen's daughter, Hailey Baldwin, is married to Justin Bieber.


Families are like branches on a tree.
We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.




May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008

George Carlin - Videos - Discography - Filmography

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
Body language is often a "tell" that reveals the lie.




May 12, 1936 - May 4, 2024

Frank Stella Artist - Videos - Art - Minimalism

I don't like to say I have given my life to art.
I prefer to say art has given me my life.




May 12, 2025

National Limerick Day

A limerick is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme. Read more ... . It all started with ...


May 12, 1812 - January 29, 1888

Edward Lear Artist, Writer, Limericks - Videos


Hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

They danced by the light of the moon,

The moon, The moon.

They danced by the light of the moon.





Sunday May 11, 2025     6:00 PM ET


Ellie's World Blog Today
Sunday: Happy Mother's Day
Monday: Full Flower Moon (Micromoon) 22° Scorpio
Saturday: 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake
Friday: Ellie Dowsing For Water


Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

New Spacecraft Aims to Police Satellites in Orbit

The biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years: NASA's lessons and surprises

Modeling study finds Venus's crust is surprisingly thin

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Scientists Create Ultra-Rare Hydrogen-6 Isotope, Defying Nuclear Physics

The Strange Secret Behind These Semiconductors That Seemingly Defy Physics

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Scientists clear major roadblocks in mission to build powerful AI photonic chips

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What Pope Leo XIV has said about climate change

Australia faces record warmth and drought as winter approaches, forecasts show

A mild 4.1 magnitude earthquake about 30 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, was felt across the southeastern region of the United States Saturday morning from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia; Asheville, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina.

Krakatoa: The mystery of 1883

Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980

A very dry start to spring has helped set off wildfires across Scotland, Wales and England, and officials have warned of a potential drought this summer

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Antibiotic use in infancy linked to earlier puberty onset in girls

Mammograms after age 75: Study suggests regular screening may save lives

Whooping cough is surging. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

What is grounding and could it improve my sleep? Here's the science behind this TikTok trend

ADHD linked to longer concussion recovery in high school athletes

Trial finds benefits of 16-hour fasting are evident for at least 1 year, regardless of eating window timing

Objective pain score? Here's the problem with that

New Study Reveals an Easier Alternative to Intermittent Fasting

People on Ozempic start disliking meat and fried foods. We're starting to learn why.

Key brain areas are larger in teenagers with abdominal obesity, research finds

GLP-1 RA medications found to be safe and effective for treating obesity in adults with mental illness

Five evidence-based ways to manage chronic stress - by an expert in behavioral psychology

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1940s Ford car found on wartime US carrier wreck

'It was deliberately hidden': Gold hoard of nearly 600 coins found in Czech Republic may date to World War II

'Hugely Significant' Stone Circles in Scotland Suggest Early Human Arrival

Archaeologists uncover ancient 'factory' used to produce coveted purple dye mentioned in Bible

Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/wooden-spears-in-germany-made-by-neanderthals/

The Giants of Mont'e Prama, Iron Age sculptures found in Sardinia, could represent people with acromegaly

Archaeologists discover first known Maya tattooing tools in Belize cave

Archaeology breakthrough as hidden 'papal palace' accidentally uncovered underneath Rome

The Oldest Evidence of Psychedelics in The Andes Predates The Inca

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Hamas announces imminent release of Edan Alexander, last known living American hostage

Never again war! Pope Leo calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in first Vatican address since his election

Amber Heard announces birth of twins in Mother's Day post

One of Alcatraz's last living inmates on Trump's plan to reopen prison

How Dubai chocolate conquered the world




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


May 11, 2025



Happy Mother's Day from my family to yours.





May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991

Martha Graham Dancer, Choreographer - Videos

If that which makes every woman unique is not fulfilled,
then something has been lost.




May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989

Salvador Dali - Videos - Spanish surrealist painter

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what
it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.




May 11, 1801 - June 24, 1875

Henri Labrouste Architect - Videos

The flower of life is found in many architectural blueprints; it is part of sacred cosmology.





May 11, 1982

Jonathan Jackson - Videos - Filmography

As I get older, I plan less, and I strategize less about my career
and about things because you realize things happen as they're
supposed to happen and the way they're supposed to happen.




May 11, 1968

Jeffrey Donovan - Videos - Filmography

An actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think.
No other business does that.


Burn Notice Jeffrey Donovan and Coby Bell


May 11, 1975

Coby Bell - Videos - Filmography

When you share a birthday with a friend - he's like your brother.




May 11, 1964

Tim Blake Nelson - Videos - Filmography

Flying today is challenging.