September 29, 2007 – 3:00 pm
From National Geographic.
Satellite images of eastern Myanmar (Burma) seem to corroborate reports of human-rights violations in the troubled Southeast Asian country, an international team of experts announced today.
A detailed analysis of images spanning several years pinpoints locations where villages have been burned, settlements have been relocated, and military forces have expanded their camps.
Project participants [...]
September 29, 2007 – 1:53 pm
From NPR.org.
A team of scientists says it has found a string of vast, rich forests in an unexpected setting: far below the coral reefs found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The new forests are made out of kelp plants that harbor a huge range of plants and animals. Like tropical rainforests, they may be refuges [...]
September 27, 2007 – 8:52 pm
From Physorg.com.
While prescription medications work successfully to cure an ailment in some people, in others the same dose of the same drug can cause an adverse reaction or no response at all.
According to a research team led by Sean Cutler, an assistant professor of plant cell biology at UC Riverside, such variation in drug responses [...]
September 26, 2007 – 11:31 pm
From Forbes.com.
‘I extend my support and solidarity with the recent peaceful movement for democracy in Burma,’ the Dalai Lama said in a message released by the Tibet office and datelined in Dharamsala in northern India.
‘I fully support their call for freedom and democracy and take this opportunity to appeal to freedom-loving people all over the [...]
September 25, 2007 – 9:52 pm
All white koala … Mick is not an albino, he is much rarer than that.
September 22, 2007 – 10:12 pm
The Arctic - Photo Essays - TIME.
The book, ‘Nordmeer’ by Gueorgui Pinkhassov.
The Arctic Sea. Despite its geographical proximity to the North Pole, this most northern sea is full of both mystery and colour. Life-threatening sub-zero temperatures, permanent ice cover, glaringly bright summer nights and fiercely dark winters combine to create both magical moments and extreme [...]