Dune: Fossilised spice-worm in New Mexico

Fans of Frank Herbert's 'Dune' will be surprised to see what appears to be the paleontological remains of one of the voracious spice worms of Arrakis lying about New Mexico...

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Report on Arrakis: British Defense Unveils Special Goo

British industry has unveiled a series of defensive and offensive military inventions to protect its troops and facilitate actions on the battlefields.

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Permaculture 101 - Lessons from the novel Dune

Frank Herbert, author of Dune, used his writings to spread a spiritual and permaculture-style land revival vision in his stories of the desert planet Arrakis...In the appendix to the book, Herbert lays out Pardot Keynes grand plan for the greening of the desert Arrakis. Remarkably accurate to permaculture principles and written in 1965...

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Google blocks negative search recommendations on Islam

Google blocks negative search recommendations on IslamTry it for yourself. I just did. Report on Arrakis has the story: search for "Christianity is" at Google and a host of negative recommendations pop up:

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The Draking Point | Operation Arrakis Freedom >>

Welcome to the The Draking Point, the Republican cartoon, animation, and commentary nexus of the Right Wing universe!

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Dune (40th Anniversary Edition)

Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib.

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The Dune Playsets Lego Never Made

Wish your childhood involved Lego playsets depicting the sandy deserts of Arrakis? Now you can enjoy the childhood toy that never was thanks to two Lego fans with a penchant for building Fremen and sandworms.

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Arrakis il documentario poetico si prende nuovi spazi

Da ieri alle 24.00 fino a stanotte alle 24.00 Arrakis sperimenta un progetto di distribuzione dal basso: un numero di bloggers ha deciso di oscurare il proprio blog per 24 h, per permettere ad Andrea di rendere visibile Arrakis a tanti più utenti in maniera gratuita e partecipativa.

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Iraqi Militants Attack Under Cover of Dust Storm and FAIL

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 38 fighters in a day of battles in northeastern Baghdad as militants took advantage of dust storms to launch apparently coordinated assaults. So much for the "On Arrakis, you rule by Desert Power" analogy.

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5 Reasons Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System

It's bigger than Mercury, has dune seas like Tatooine (or Arrakis) and has the coolest name of any moon: Titan. The Cassini spacecraft is still revealing many of its secrets, with another flyby scheduled just a few weeks from now. Here are five reasons to get excited about Saturn's largest satellite.

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