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Desertification – Are Deserts Expanding??

By ShamsNovember 24, 20071 commentEnvironmentalternative livelihood, Antarctica, Bedouins, desertification, deserts, Great Saharan Desert, nomads, sand dunes, sandstorms

Deserts are everywhere. In both Americas, Australia, the Great Saharan Desert in Africa, Middle East, India and in China. Deserts are what we understand when we mean ‘deserts’ – unpopulated barren areas as there’s of lack of enough rainfall. That’s true.

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The Monkey Power

By ShamsNovember 19, 20071 commentCultureLord Hanuman, Ramayana, the Hindu epic

As Yahoo! News tells stories of uncontrollable monkeys who are inflicting widespread destruction of valuable properties upon the city dwellers in the northeast province of India, Assam, the state government is paying very little attention to it.

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Carbon Monitoring for Action – CARMA

By ShamsNovember 16, 2007EnvironmentCarbon Monitoring for Action, CARMA, CO2 emissions

A new website, ‘CARMA’, is showing for the first time an interactive online database that provide very up-to-date information of highest CO2 emitters around the globe.

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The King said ‘Shut-up’

By ShamsNovember 12, 2007CultureChile, Hugo Chavez, Ibero-American Summit, Juan Carlos, Santiago, Spain’s King

Kings are always powerful. Queens are always highly respectful. Prince and Princess always beget new stories, therefore always popular item – delightful 😀 .

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Cloning the Redwoods

By ShamsNovember 8, 2007Science, Technologyarborist, California’s redwood, cloning, David Milarch, DNA, genetic cloning, genetic code, therapeutic cloning

California’s redwoods, one of the longest-living species on Earth, are going to be preserved and restored using ‘genetic cloning’ – the latest cutting-edge technology. Some of the redwoods are more than 2000 years old and the trees can grow as tall as 112 m. The tree diameter can vary from 3 to 5 m to up to 7 m at the base.

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Ask? – Yahoo! Answers

By ShamsNovember 5, 2007TechnologyYahoo! Answers on mobile, Yahoo!oneSearch

Yahoo! Answers cover a wide spectrum of Q & A from environment, science, health, arts, pcs, drinks and a lot more. It’s one of the biggest and best of its kind to share knowledge and help others. It’s a great place to realize how the world is getting smaller from one day to the other. The question that you have in your mind is roaming in many minds on Earth at the same time. Currently there are more than 95 million users are active worldwide.

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Who killed the Cow?

By ShamsNovember 2, 2007Culturecow killing meteorite, killer meteorite, meteorite, Venezuela

Ans: – a meteorite.

Ques: Why did it happen?

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If Aliens Attack!!

By ShamsOctober 30, 2007Science FictionAlien, alien attack, Galaxy, life in the Universe, Milky Way, Orion arm, planet Earth

According to a recent AP poll that interviewed little above 1000 adults, 14% of the participants told they have seen a UFO. We all know what UFO means, unidentifying flying object. That object which sometimes flies but without any license and disappears leaving the spectator in a puzzle about the Universe. And seeing a UFO flying, is a rare event in life without a single doubt and must need luck as well.

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