Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown. Around the world, there will be walks to raise money for medical research.... »
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First Solar builds Major Solar Power Plant in China Desert
US energy giant First Solar won a deal to build the world’s largest solar power (two-gigawatt) plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China, aimed at helping mitigate climate change concerns. The solar facility is to be built in four phases over a decade and supply power to three million Chinese homes. However, the financial... »
China's population will hit 1.36 billion by 2010
China’s population will increase by 200 million in the next thirty years. In 1970s, China imposed population controls to limit its huge population growth, but it leads to a jump in gender selection of babies. Sex selective abortion is prohibited but the practice remains widespread, especially in rural areas. There are 130 baby boys for... »
The world is getting "warmer"
The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization says the Austrian Alps have as little as one-third the seasonal average of snow. Temperatures from Norway to the Mediterranean are up to 5 degrees warmer than normal. We won’t see ice at Arctic Ocean by 2080, according to Eberhard Fahrbach of the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI), Germany.... »
Prevention of Stomach Cancer
China accounts for about half of the global annual death toll from stomach cancer. This could be related to the Chinese taste for pickled and smoked food. The disease kills approximately 300,000 people in China a year. National Cancer Institute suggests that vitamin C, beta-carotene, and an anti-bacterial treatment may — singly or in combination... »
A gift from our sun!!
THE SUN Our solar system’s star, the Sun, has inspired mythological stories in cultures around the world, including those of the ancient Egyptians, the Aztecs of México, Native American tribes of North America and Canada, the Chinese, and many others. A number of ancient cultures built stone structures or modified natural rock formations... »
Good bye Birds
As much as 72 percent of bird species in northeastern Australia and 38 percent of bird species in Europe could disappear completely if the planet’s temperature continues to rise. The population of penguin in Galapagos Islands has decreased by about 50% since 1970. The United States and China along with Saudi Arabia rank... »