November 10, 2007 – 4:10 pm
From Independent by Clifford Coonan.
China is losing a million acres a year to desertification. In Dunhuang, a former Silk Road oasis in the Gobi, the resulting water shortage has become critical.
Jiang Zhenzhong ’s cotton fields are close to the dwindling Crescent Moon lake in north-eastern China. The lake is famous throughout China, attracting a [...]
November 9, 2007 – 11:37 pm
A scorpion giving live birth. (John Bokma)
Baby scorpions ride on the back of their mother for the first week or so.
November 7, 2007 – 11:46 pm
From Daily Mail.
A new species of wild pig previously unknown to science has been discovered in the Brazilian jungle.
The large creature grows to a length of more than four feet and is almost twice as heavy as its nearest relative.
Named the ‘giant peccary‘, (photo) the creature was unknown until the skins and bones of animals [...]
November 3, 2007 – 4:47 pm
Original article at Seishindo by Charlie Badenhop.
I witnessed a beautiful scene the other day that epitomizes the way many Japanese approach conflict and relationships. I share this story with you now, hoping it will help you better deal with conflict in your own life.
A rather old man who lives in my Tokyo neighborhood came shuffling [...]
November 2, 2007 – 12:24 am
From EurekAlert.
Brain scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around them. The finding, reported in this week’s Nature, helps to explain how the developing auditory system generates brain activity in the absence of sound. It also may [...]