Economy
U.S., Viet ‘Catfish Wars’ heat up (again)
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The so-called “Catfish Wars,” pitting U.S. catfish farmers against Asian producers since 2002, is heating up.
Featured
The biggest liars in the world are …
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According to a recent poll, men are more likely to tell lies than women, and mothers are more likely to be lied to.
Economy
Yosemite’s Range of Light goes solar
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Yosemite National Park, the gemstone of John Muir’s “Range of Light” in California’s Sierra Nevada, has agreed to a $4.4 million solar panel installation at its El Portal entrance.
Environment
Wow this is one BIG beaver dam!
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It’s hard to imagine that a dam that is twice the length of Hoover Dam and is visible by satellite imagery would go unnoticed for 35 years. But then again, there aren’t that many visitors to Canada’s remote “Beaver Belt.”
Environment
Humongous telescope set for Chile’s Atacama Desert
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It is an astonishing instrument by any measure—by far the largest such telescope on earth and capable of spotting rocky, earth-like planets up to 100 million million miles away.
Featured
Laugh your way to better health
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As funny as it may sound, laughter may be the new exercise, according to American health researchers. “A term I like to use is called laughercise,” said Dr. Lee S. Berk, a preventive care specialist and psychoneuroimmunology researcher.
Economy
Beijing stinks! Deodorant cannons to the rescue
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“At night we all wake up coughing. Even when you are sleeping soundly, you can wake up coughing. Everyone opens their windows in the summer and there is that smell.”
Democracy & Civics
The Havasupai get their DNA back
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The Havasupai Tribe of Arizona, smarting from what they say was a mis-use of DNA samples taken by Arizona State University in the 1990s, have settled their dispute to the tune of $700,000.
Environment
A cleanup of trash (and bodies) in Everest’s Death Zone
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A team of 20 Nepalese Sherpas will work above 26,240 feet in the “Death Zone,” hoping to bring back five bodies and begin a cleanup of an estimated 10 tons of trash.
Environment
China and Nepal agree on height of Mt. Everest, or whatever the heck it’s named
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China and Nepal did little to demystify the tallest mountain on earth on April 8, when the two countries finally—finally—agreed how tall Mt. Everest actually is.