The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.
Trying to stay ahead of a deadly disease that has wiped out more than 100 species, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute continue to discover new frog species in Panama: Pristimantis educatoris, from Omar Torrijos National Park, and P. adnus from Darien Province near the Colombian border.
Health benefits of walnuts have been known since time immemorial. Hippocrates and Avicenna mentioned them in the treatment of various diseases. In addition, the ancients thought that they stimulate mental activity. Anna Protsenko, a nutritionist, told MedPulse.ru.
You lose a lot due to stupidity, but when it comes to an accumulation of collective idiocy, we reach a critical mass and exponential results which we saw in Nelson Mandela Bay, where Brazil left the World Cup very early (for a 5-times-champion) simply because its players once again were convinced the game was in the bag.
COLUMBIA, Mo. —Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin.
A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size.
WASHINGTON — Even before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a new study suggests.
REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK — NASDAQ’s popular stock ticker display — seen by hundreds of thousands of investors daily at the NASDAQ MarketSite® in Times Square and used as the backdrop for its television broadcast to a variety of broadcast outlets worldwide — is getting a hi-definition redesign with Microsoft Silverlight.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is expected to be larger than average, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a $659 million fishery.
