THANKS TO YAO’S CAMPAIGN, SUPPORT FOR A SHARK FIN SOUP BAN HAS SKYROCKETED IN CHINA Back in 2011, NBA Hall of Famer and GOAT of Chinese basketball, Yao Ming, became the face of an awareness campaign on shark fin consumption that … Continue reading
Landmark change to India’s marital rape laws. India’s top court has ruled that sex with a child is always rape, quashing a clause that allowed men to have sex with underage girls if they were married to them. The Supreme … Continue reading
BCCL/ REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGEMaking the announcement on Monday Capt. Singh said free textbooks will be provided to all students in government schools from the next academic session. Books will also be made available online from where students can download for free … Continue reading
Peace Fires – a new tradition unites people around the world Read more about Fire in the New World Encyclopedia here http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fire … Continue reading
Despite decades of conflicting advice, stretching can be beneficial — if done correctly Generations of athletes, from youth leagues to professional sports, were taught to stretch before practice and games to improve performance and prevent injury. The routine typically went something … Continue reading
The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, in a move that could put the three nations a step closer to ratifying the USMCA trade deal that would replace … Continue reading
Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors Click image to read the entire article Read more about solar cells in New World Encyclopedia here: newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Solar_cell … Continue reading
Automakers and their suppliers are working on a variety of driver-identification technologies such as facial and iris scans, as well as voice and fingerprint tracking. They would enable a driver to start the engine without a key and the car would … Continue reading
Your expectations shape and quicken your perceptions. A new model that explains the effect suggests it’s time to update theories about sensory processing. Expect one flavor on the tongue only to get something else, and you’ll find the taste unpleasant. … Continue reading
This is little more than advertising, and the expression of a concept. Nevertheless, the idea expressed is important, and we wish for progress down this road (Kaufmann – director) Nuclear power plants are so big, complicated and expensive to build … Continue reading