Monthly Archives: September 2008

Formula One Night Racing in Singapore

September 28, 2008 – 3:39 pm

From ESPN.
Night racing is old hat for NASCAR, IRL, Sprint Cars and NHRA and at countless bullrings around the United States. But it’s a new experience for Formula One as Singapore hosts the first F1 night race Sunday.
F1 normally adheres to a pretty rigid schedule with qualifying, and the races usually start at 2 p.m., [...]

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It Takes just one Village to Save China’s Langurs

September 23, 2008 – 10:20 pm

From IHT.
In 1996, when the langurs were highly endangered, Dr. Pan Wenshi, China’s premier panda biologist, came to study them in Chongzuo at what was then an abandoned military base. This was at a time when hunters were taking the canary-yellow young langurs from their cliff-face strongholds, and villagers were leveling the forest for firewood.
Pan [...]

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Wenchuan Earthquake In China Could Be Followed By Another Significant Rupture

September 14, 2008 – 1:52 pm

From ScienceDaily.
Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China’s Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The magnitude 7.9 quake on May 12 has brought several nearby faults closer to failure and could trigger another major earthquake in the region.
“One great earthquake seems [...]

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