Okay, there is still no evidence that it actually happened but now science can explain a scenario in which the biblical parting of the Red Sea could have gone down. You know, without the power of a all-knowing God and stuff:

A strong east wind, blowing overnight, could have swept water off a bend where an ancient river is believed to have merged with a coastal lagoon along the Mediterranean Sea, said study team member Carl Drews of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. While archaeologists and Egyptologists have found little evidence that any events described in Exodus actually happened, the study outlines a perfect storm that could have led to the 3,000-year-old escape.

“People have always been fascinated by this Exodus story, wondering if it comes from historical facts,” Drews said. “What this study shows is that the description of the waters parting indeed has a basis in physical laws.”

Get all the specific calculations and a use of the word “jibes” in a headline at the main article.

[Live Science]

In a scene right out of The Wizard of Oz a dog survived a 20-mile flight through the air.

Strong winds in Gesztered, Hungary lifted the dog, who was seeking shelter from the storm in his dog house, high into the air. When the newly-renamed ‘Lucky’ was found by the combined efforts of the Red Cross and it’s owner it was shaken but otherwise unharmed.

Was this an accident with a happy ending, or are dogs just now catching up to the Wright Brothers?

[Digital Spy]

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Clergy from the Vatican are investigating the case of a purported miracle in Ohio. Jory Aebly was shot in the head at point blank range during a robbery in Cleveland. The doctors called it a “non-survivable injury”. But Aebly somehow survived. What was his miraculous recovery attributed to?

Not the paramedics, not the neurosurgeon who worked furiously to save his life, not the team of doctors and nurses that kept him alive. In a press conference on ABC News, Father Art Snedeker, from the Pastoral Care Team at the Cleveland Hospital where Aebly was treated, attributed the miraculous recovery to a rosary that had been blessed by John Paul II when he had traveled through Ohio. Father Snedeker also said that he had specifically asked John Paul II in prayer to watch over this patient.

Hundreds of cases of miracles attributed to Pope John Paul II have been reported since his death, but so far the Vatican has not been able to substantiate a single claim that John Paul II has been pulling strings from beyond the grave. Whether or not the Ex-Pope had anything to do with Aebly’s recovery, the progression of medical science sure is making it harder to kill people.