Sunday, December 27, 2009

Celebrate your skin colours

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Hi, This intriguing video explains why dark skinned people originate from equatorial countries such as Africa, India and South East Asia. Me...

"TACARE" and "Roots and Shoots", what are they?

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Hi, Watch this video and be convinced by Jane Goodall on why she is hopeful that we can help humans and animals live together in harmony. Sh...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

Dan Gilbert tells us how to make ourselves happy

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Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psycholo...

Three stories from Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer

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Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios draws from some of the most pivotal points in his life. He urge...
Friday, December 25, 2009

Super Rice from genetically engineered rice plant

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Source: International Rice Research Institute Straits Times 25 Dec 2009 Research has been done to transfer genes for C4 photosynthesis syste...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Wangari Maathai the pioneer environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Prize winner

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Wangari Maathai is the First African woman to win the Nobel Prize in 2004. Born in Kenyan in 1940, she started the Green Belt Movement. It h...

Colour evolution in fruit flies

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Hi, Ugandan fruit flies have changed colour, according to scientists. Researchers have reported in the journal Science that genetic mutation...