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 19 Sep 2011 @ 22:32
Tsunami monitoring on a global scale is now a possibility. This isn’t aimed to mitigate a tsunami that is in progress, an act that is next to impossible. Efficacious monitoring can rather make forecasts and rapid precautionary mobilizations become more effective and prudent. More >
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19 Sep 2011 @ 22:29
Geospatial information can empower decision-making. Access to information, however, is as unequal as it could get across the globe.
To address the problem of inequitable access to information, diverse geospatial groups across the continents have been holding consultative talks. Incidentally, a UN agency, the Economic and Social Council or ECOSOC, had taken the role to spearhead the global talks to promote greater equitable data access. More >
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18 Sep 2011 @ 22:29
“Give science a social contract,” succinctly contends Islam as an analytical frame for science.
The contention stresses, among other things, the full import of science benefiting sectors of society and/or the population. I could hardly disagree with such an analytical frame, which finds parallelism in the ‘Asian way’ to understanding science. More >
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18 Sep 2011 @ 22:27
Cowpeas has been among the most important sources of nutrients for the poor peoples of semi-arid Africa. Understandably, the production and post-harvest phases for the crop must optimize the gains accrued from it by the small planters. More >
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17 Sep 2011 @ 22:24
From southern Africa comes a truly gladdening news about the recent launching of a research center that will coordinate R&D in the region.
Dubbed the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa, the research institute will most importantly see to it that agricultural research will directly benefit the farmers. More >
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17 Sep 2011 @ 22:23
A science mapping is being undertaken in Egypt today, which aims to know and concur benefits from the thousands of PhD theses done by Egyptians inside and outside the country. More >
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16 Sep 2011 @ 22:46
Chemistry reward system as it is done in China is one that has met criticisms from the scientific community itself. The impact of chemistry journal publications has become the greatest factor in rewarding a chemist, a fact that has caused chagrin on many quarters. More >
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16 Sep 2011 @ 22:45
Drought does pay, as proved by the innovative experience of Kenyan farmers. The way out of the drought cul de sac is food production insurance.
The idea of calamity insurance is something new to developing countries. Crops and livestock insurance were already born in the Philippines in the 70s yet, but payouts for typhoon-struck and earthquake-hit farms hasn’t gone beyond the old fogey concept. More >
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16 Sep 2011 @ 06:28
In case that starseeds—those souls who arrived recently and have lived few lives on Earth—may not be aware of it, Earth has a spiritual hierarchy. The knowledge of this hierarchy should likewise be known to the old-timer Terrans. No one imposes this hierarchy on anyone, it is free will and devotion that ought to get one to attune to the spiritual hierarchs of Earth. More >
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15 Sep 2011 @ 22:34
The legacy of tertiary level education left by the French empire to Vietnam may not have been auspicious enough. Universities in the country tended to be over-centralized and filled with politics. More >
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