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Salaryman-turned-activist keeps island nation Tuvalu in the picture | The Japan Times OnlineTanned and relaxed, 42-year-old Shuichi Endo has set himself a monumental task: Photograph 10,000 residents of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, nearly the entire population.
Mercury Pollution Rising : TreeHugger
Photo by TheJasp The fifty filthiest coal-fired plants are producing more mercury pollution than in 2006, according to a report by the Environmental Integrity Project. Twenty tons of mercury, a neurotoxin that affects brain development in fetuses, were released
Japanese Government Animation Explains Global Food Security : TreeHugger
Food security is a concept that works on micro and macro levels. But, it's something that individuals don't often think about until they are confronted with a situation where they don't have access to adequate food and become food
Advertising - Riding Obama’s Coattails, Making a Buck Along the Way - NYTimes.com
Merchandise commemorating, celebrating and — in some instances — practically canonizing Mr. Obama is being sold by companies large and small.
Amanpour to Anchor a Nightly Show on CNN International - NYTimes.com
The foreign correspondent will host a nightly program on CNN International, which is retooling its lineup.
Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India - NYTimes.com
The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery.
Researchers develop new strategy for broad spectrum anti-viral drugs
PhysOrg.com: Bavituximab, an anti-viral drug developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, shows promise as a new strategy to fight viral diseases, including potential bioterrorism agents.
Amazing nature - All about nature, travel and vacation: Sustainable Agriculture - What Ants Knew 50 Million Years Before We Did
'Wiring' in the brain influences personality
PhysOrg.com: Have you got the new iPhone yet? Do you like changing jobs now and again because you get bored otherwise? Do you go on holiday to different places every year? Then maybe your neural connection between ventral striatum and hippocampus is particularly well developed. Both of them are centres in the brain. The reward system which urges us to take action is located in the striatum, whereas the hippocampus is responsible for specific memory functions.
Hate incidents in U.S. surge -- chicagotribune.com
BOGALUSA, La.—Barely three weeks after Americans elected their first black president amid a wave of interracial good feeling, a spasm of noose hangings, racist graffiti, vandalism and death threats is convulsing dozens of towns across the country as white extremists lash out at the new political order.
Mankind's new best friend? - The Boston Globe
Reviled as vermin through the ages, rats are becoming unlikely soldiers in the struggle against two scourges of the developing world: land mines and tuberculosis.
YouTube - Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada
Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada. Filmed about 5:30pm Thursday November 20th 2008
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct | Can the can | The Economist
The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behaviour has now been tested experimentally
Books of The Times - Polly Wanna Cracker? Squawk! That’s So Bush League - ‘Alex and Me’ by Irene M. Pepperberg - Review - NYTimes.com
In this volume Irene M. Pepperberg describes her three-decade-long relationship with Alex the African gray parrot and her struggle to win recognition from the scientific establishment.
Scientists discover 21st century plague
PhysOrg.com: Bacteria that can cause serious heart disease in humans are being spread by rat fleas, sparking concern that the infections could become a bigger problem in humans. Research published in the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology suggests that brown rats, the biggest and most common rats in Europe, may now be carrying the bacteria.
Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought
PhysOrg.com: University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a paper published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Nov. 24.
Researchers boost solar cell efficiency
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT.
Generation Faithful - Hezbollah Seeks to Marshal the Piety of the Young - Series - NYTimes.com
Hezbollah is educating a younger generation in Lebanon to continue its struggle against Israel.
Alien-like Squid Filmed at Ultra-Deep Oil-Drilling Site
At an oil field a mile and a half underwater, a remote control submersible's camera has captured an eerie surprise: an alien-like, long-armed, and—strangest of all—"elbowed" <i>Magnapinna</i> squid. <i>With video.</i>
In Qatar, an I. M. Pei Museum of Imposing Simplicity - NYTimes.com
There is nothing timid about the ambitions of the new Museum of Islamic Art that opens in Qatar next week.
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