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 24 Sep 2011 @ 22:26
Herding, the hallmark of pastoral economies, can considerably damage the natural ecology of pastoral lands. Several regions across Asia has already been noted for the pattern of over-grazing, the damages of which can deteriorate into desertification in the long run. More >
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24 Sep 2011 @ 22:25
Ecofascist anarchy is on the rise across the planet. Its advocates are largely obscurantists who most likely suffer from sociopathy, and who are in search of ideological castings that can give them the drug fix of sorts to satiate their sadistic bloodlusts. More >
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23 Sep 2011 @ 22:34
The use of good old chemistry to annihilate malarial and related mosquitoes seems to be running its course down by the day. Reason: after decades of insecticide-based health campaigns, malaria keeps on re-surging back with a vengeance. More >
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23 Sep 2011 @ 22:33
When the Communist Party took on the cudgels for modernizing China, part of the modernization was the empowerment of the female gender in all fields. I still recall the diverse articles of the late Chairman Mao Zedong that drumbeat the empowerment of the social sectors, even as I was aware of the huge numbers of women in the Communist Party. More >
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23 Sep 2011 @ 01:14
Genetically modified (GM) bacteria could be the community’s savior when it comes to cleaning up sewers, drainage canals and the likes. A new GM bacteria can withstand very high concentrations of mercury, and so this could just be the salvation for public hygiene. More >
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23 Sep 2011 @ 01:13
That is the tall order to be observed as a protocol of human rights across the globe. The grave concern for shooting down messaging services, notably those provided by mobile phone—with its camera, video, messaging—that could serve as damning evidences against tyrannical or fascistic regimes. More >
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21 Sep 2011 @ 22:32
Gender sensitivity in research has been a long standing practice in the social sciences. This isn’t the case though for the biomedical sciences, most specially with respect to observing sex differences in pharmaceutical drugs. More >
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21 Sep 2011 @ 22:31
The risks posed by technological innovations and interventions have proved to be very fatal for affected stakeholders. This is especially true for China, where techno-risks have been scaling up such as shown by the cases of SARS outbreaks and the gargantuan floods that have buried whole towns. More >
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21 Sep 2011 @ 01:38
NigeriaSat-X, the first satellite designed and built by Africans, was launched into orbit just recently. This is a milestone event for Africans, so let me express my Big Kudos! More >
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21 Sep 2011 @ 01:36
Many small planters across the globe are habitués of ecosystems that are replete with ecohazards. Add to that the risks posed by climate change patterns. Results: shrinking incomes, greater uncertainties of survival, possible deaths.
Sharing of climate data to the planter stakeholders could somehow dissipate any possibility of greater risks and damages. Information channels and data access are among the parameters that ought to be checked as enabling measures on the ground in aid of our small or marginal planters. More >
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