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The Obama administration has lifted longtime restrictions on Libyans attending flight schools in the United States and training here in nuclear science, according to a final amendment of the ban recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The creature that’s expected to inherit the Earth following a nuclear holocaust might also be well suited to help prevent man’s atomic self-destruction. Researchers at Texas A&M University’s Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute have attached radiation sensors to the backs of cockroaches. They hope public-safety officials will one day send the souped-up insects into situations that are too risky for humans. “Cockroaches really are the perfect medium for this,” says William Charlton, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the university and a principal investigator on the project. “They can go for extraordinarily long periods of time without food....

What went wrong on Apex? First of all some background. Apex is a fictional planet rumored to be in the Zeta Reticulai constellation. They are a civilized post war neo-humanoid race. More specifically Apex is a planet whose people have survived a nuclear holocaust. How did they survive? To say that they survived is hyperbole. Sometimes one has to sacrifice some of his humanity in order to survive, but to live, now that is a different set of concepts ... Apexians were a warlike culture that valued honor in military combat, physical endurance, strength and valor. The major religion of...