Entirely too many items in our inbox to wait for the weekend…
How Did 100,000,000 Women Disappear?
In India, China and sub-Saharan Africa, millions upon millions of women are missing. They are not lost, but dead: victims of violence, discrimination and neglect.
Microbes Eat Hydrocarbons, Leave Behind Non-toxic Residue
ScienceDaily reports that researchers in China have found a new [...]
From time to time, we browse recently released reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and highlight those with potential interest to our readers. Once again, we’ve attempted to loosely categorize the list for your convenience.
If you’re unfamiliar with the CRS, they not only answer Congressional inquiries, they produce outstanding resource documents that are well-researched, [...]
Weather patterns in the future will be characterized by intensity and extremes, and the effects will be felt in a wide range of sectors from agriculture and water resource management to health and infrastructure, according to South Asian scientists assembled by the Ministry of Environment and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Pakistan. [...]
In January 2008, in an article entitled “The Starvelings,” The Economist made the case that childhood hunger and malnutrition have a far greater impact upon child health than was previously thought [1]. The most recent estimates are that stunting, severe wasting, and intrauterine growth restriction together are responsible for 21% of disability-adjusted life years and [...]
Today the Bush and Obama families will meet at the White House for a polite visit to discuss the workings of the institution and perhaps even talk a little politics.
Essentially this is just a social visit but underscoring the polite niceties there is an active Bush political agenda at work in the background.
The President may [...]
“Out of the mouths of babes” is an endearing adage about innocence that has taken on a whole new meaning in a New York City art event hosted by the United Nations.
The UN challenged young artists from around the world to express their environmental aspirations, or concerns, about the future of the planet.
An unbridled celebration of life to start the weekend.
The original, “Where the H*ll is Matt?”
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has engineered a major diplomatic deal with the military junta of Burma that could save many thousands of lives.
In a meeting last Friday Ban managed to convince the reluctant head of Burma Tan Shwe into allowing international aid and disaster workers access to the victims of cyclone Nargis.
The death toll is now over 20 thousand and is expected to rise as more than 41 thousand people are still missing following the devastating rampage of cyclone Nargis through Burma’s fertile Irrawaddy region.
In the cities of Bogale and Patanaw more than two thirds of the buildings have been severely damaged or flattened. Debris from [...]
