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When my doctor informed me that my blood type was A+, she cried out the words "royal blood." I felt the strangest sense of pride. In popular belief, A and AB blood type seems to be the dominant blood group of some royalty who feel they have the right to rule through DNA and through blood line. It was a silly feeling that I have to force it down. I don't really know much about blood and what it really meant to have type A+ blood. Most people think about blood types as something medical in nature: that when somebody ends up in a hospital in need of blood, the doctors there would need to make sure they transfused him with a suitable type. Realizing that fact, questions came to mind. Like why do we have different blood types, which of them are compatible, and what do they do? Here's what I learned. What exactly is Blood? According to Dr. Mercola of Mercola.com , blood is a living tissue made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma ...

A Leap Year comes around every four years unless... of course, it couldn’t be that simple! The present calendar, which came after the old Julian calendar, was revised under Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. The Gregorian calendar kept the extra day every four years, except in years that ended in 00 — unless those years were divisible by the number 400. For example, the year 1900 would not have an extra day, but the year 2000 would have (because 2000 is divisible by 400). It sounds complicated, but the Gregorian calendar was a simple improvement over the Julian, and most of the world adopted it. Here are some fun facts about the Leap Year that’s really worth to know: 1. What is a Leap Year, and why do we have it? A leap year is a year containing one additional day (February 29) added to keep the Gregorian calendar (365 days) synchronized with the orbit of the earth around the sun, which is about 365.2422 days. 2. Why February? During the reign of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar...

How would a DNA test prove one's citizenship? Presidential hopeful Grace Poe two weeks ago underwent a DNA testing for two reasons: first, to prove that she's a natural born citizen of the Philippines; and second, to resolve a disqualification case slapped against her at the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET). Senator Poe's camp earlier said if the DNA test showed she's born to Filipino parents than it will be a conclusive evidence that she's a natural born citizen and not "naturalized" as claimed by her critics. Her lawyer, Atty. George Garcia, said in a TV interview of a Supreme Court decision that "DNA tests are conclusive insofar as the courts are concerned. In fact it is already part of the rules of evidence," Garcia is talking about a decision penned by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice and Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) Chairman Antonio Carpio. Carpio earlier said that Poe, as a foundling, is considered a naturalized Filipin...

Yup, the truth does hurt - your cat doesn't really need you and she doesn't care when you're away, says a new study conducted at England’s University of Lincoln and published in the PLOS One journal. The study said that cats have far less attachment to their owners than dogs, and do not need their human companions to feel safe and protected. Here's what the scientists in England said: The procedure comprised of two conditions: modified (A) and reversed modified (B) version of the Ainsworth SST both consisting of nine 3 minute episodes in which the cat is either alone or with the owner and/or a stranger in order to assess how it responds to a series of procedures designed to alter the level and form of social support available to it, or trigger seeking out of an attachment figure (see Table 1 for details of the procedures and “Data collection and analysis plan” below for details of the specific predictions made in different circumstances if a cat is secur...

THE longest day for the year will be experienced on June 22, 2015 when the summer solstice begins, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Countries above the equator like the Philippines shall have "nights at their shortest and daytimes at their longest around the summer solstice, which falls on June 22 at 12:38 a.m. (Philippine Standard Time),” Pagasa added. A solstice (from the Latin solstitium meaning “sun stands still”) happens when the sun’s zenith reaches its furthest point from the equator. During the beginning of the summer solstice, the northern hemisphere (the half of the Earth north of the equator) will have its maximum exposure to the sun. Meanwhile, on the same day, June 22, countries in the southern hemisphere will experience the winter solstice when the night is at its longest for the year. Solstices are opposite on either side of the equator, so the summer solstice in the northern hemis...

An upcoming documentary promises to show an alleged, tiny "alien" being that was found a few years ago in Chile's Atacama Desert. And when we say tiny, we're talking six inches from head to ET toe. Don't be fooled by the apparent size of the creature in the picture above, as the following image shows its true 6-inch stature. Scroll down for video. In his article from The Huffington Post, Lee Speigel said the film, called "Sirius," will also depict how readily available forms of alternative energy technology are what extraterrestrials may be using to travel here from the cosmically improbable distances between their home world and ours. If this is all true, and that's a very big IF, it will certainly answer the ages-old question of whether or not humans are alone in the universe. The force behind "Sirius" is Steven Greer, a former emergency medical physician. He's actively pursued avenues to get the U.S. government to re...