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 [...]
August 3, 2008 – 11:52 am
Total Solar Eclipse Images From Around The World. (Huffington Post)
Thousands of people gathered across Arctic regions, Siberia and China to see a total eclipse of the sun, despite Chinese warnings that it could augur bad luck.
People have been recording solar eclipses for perhaps 4,000 years, and they typically inspire a combination of dread, fascination and [...]
A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread of various strands of Buddhism from the distant past to the present.
In his lecture, Lewis explains the spread of Buddhism throughout the world due to the portability of Buddhism. Buddhism spreads [...]
From IHT by Michael Slackman.
First, Abdel Malek Outas’s teachers taught him to write math equations in Arabic, and embrace Islam and the Arab world. Then they told him to write in Latin letters that are no longer branded unpatriotic, and open his mind to the West.
Malek is 19, and he is confused.
“When we were in [...]
View at boston.com.
The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched last week, becoming the 154th manned US space mission.
One of the best features of the space program has always been astronaut photography.
It would be really unbelievable if we can just fly around and view it ourselves.
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From IHT.
It is a scene Myanmar’s ruling generals are unlikely to see played out for themselves: As a convoy of trucks carrying relief supplies, led by Buddhist monks, passed through storm-devastated villages, hungry children and homeless mothers bowed in supplication and respect.
“When I see those people, I want to cry,” said Sitagu Sayadaw, 71, one [...]
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From CounterCurrents.org by Li Onesto.
.. The areas hit by the cyclone make up half of the irrigated farmland in Myanmar—which had produced 65 percent of Myanmar’s rice. Millions of people who survived are now facing hunger, disease and lack of shelter.
There is tremendous wealth, resources, and technology in the world that could be used to [...]