ANNCR: The National Cancer Act Today on Congressional Moment During the first 30 years of the 20th century, America became a safer and healthier place. Living conditions improved, causing many diseases to almost disappear. One exception to this patte...
Don: Hey, Ya?l, Have you heard? We've discovered two new oceans? Ya?l: Where? D: On Mars. Well, they aren't there any longer, but they were there a few billion years ago. Y: I thought scientists weren't sure if Mars had oceans or not. D: They weren't...
A cascading collection of deep-blue high-mountain lakes became Afghanistan's first provisional national park, as the violence-plagued nation took a big first step toward protecting one of its finest natural treasures. Coinciding with Earth Day, offic...
Typical indicators for seasickness are a dry mouth, cold sweat, dizziness and nausea, sometimes followed by vomiting. Medically speaking seasickness is a variation of motion sickness or kinetosis. Though it does not always end up with the affected pe...
ANNCR: The Morrill Land Grant College Act On Today's Congressional Moment The Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln on July 2nd of that year, was first proposed in 1857 by Justin Smith Morrill, who served in Congress for...
I recently invited an alumna who graduated about ten years ago to come to senior conversation class. I was particularly happy to introduce her to my students because she is a role model par excellence for young people in Taiwan. After graduating with...
There is a lot of competition in the world of sports, with many athletes wanting to be the fastest or the best. Often there is a lot of pride involved, as well. Sometimes, an athlete thinks he or she is the best in a certain field, until someone bett...
Mike: Do you know what optimism means? Amanda: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. . .that's Ambrose Bierce, by the way. Mike: Hey, th...
Dear Annie: My sister and brother use too many antibiotics. And they both use only as many pills as they need to feel better and save the rest. I've told both of them that abuse of antibiotics is the No. 1 reason we have superbugs that won't be cured...
Age Discrimination Today on Congressional Moment. The average life expectancy for Americans was 35 years when the country was founded, and has been rising steadily since then. As the workforce grew older, many Americans worked well into their 50s and...
If I told you there was a large mass of fungus infecting the roots of that lovely pine tree which shades your front lawn, would you be worried? Would you buy a strong fungicide if I said that this fungus survived by sucking valuable sugars, vitamins,...
In midsummer,in my big western garden, after the bearded iris and peony duet of bloom is only a memory, the beardless Japanese iris bloom with great abandon and style. I have them around my fountain where the ground is soggy. As they like to grow in...
The big deal is that it doesnt matter what youre listening tomusic, a podcast, even standing near a loud lawnmower or watching fireworks.Noise thats too loud damages cells inside the ear, called hair cells. They translate sound into electrical signal...
You notice your tears most after a good cry or while slicing an onion, but actually your eyes are constantly moistened by a thin film of tears. This film has three distinct layers: an outer, oily layer to prevent evaporation; a middle layer of lacrim...
A local English newspaper reported that Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin promised more caution in the future when approving sexually suggestive advertising on public transportation. The mayor's words followed, of course, public complaints recently on the us...
