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A friend sent me an email with endearing pictures. Are they real? Let’s first look at the email itself:

                        “Finnegan the squirrel”  

Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan, the young squirrel, back
into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house.

When Cantlon took in the tiny creature [...]

I received this e-mail from a friend, a few days ago. It includes an important warning: don’t lick the glue on envelopes or stamps. You could be in for a nasty surprise. This is the story:
 

.CAUTION
One day a girl licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady [...]

The chocolate calculator will calculate your age. It works, but not in every case.

Freedom of speech is an important realisation of modern secular governments. Secularism is probably a necessary condition for freedom of speech, but not a sufficient one, as Belgium now demonstrates by preventing its citizens to visit certain websites.

Spring has sprung in Toronto. People are enjoying it, and so are the frogs. This is love season, and with a little bit of luck, you can see and hear it in a pond near you.

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Ontario’s only venomous snake, is a species threatened with extinction. The Toronto Zoo tries to help.

A friend sent me an e-mail with a warning about keyless entry remote controls for cars. It claims that thieves can simply find out the codes for the remote by scanning the radiowaves while you are locking or opening your car doors. How serious is this danger?

Malaria prevention is a huge undertaking. In spite of continuous progress in multiple malaria related research domains, it remains one of the most devastating diseases known to man. The theory of evolution may be the answer.

Sir John Maddox, one of the most famous science editors who have ever lived, and who has made Nature into the world’s most respected scientific journal, died on April 12th.

When journalists write articles, they are supposed to relate reality as best they can. They are not perfect however, and that can sometimes lead to exaggerations.