BP Plc last September tapped into a new oilfield called Tiber, estimated to hold at least 3 billion barrels of crude, or six months’ worth of U.S. consumption. Discovered through seismic imaging and data crunched on a supercomputer, the field is almost six miles (9.6 kilometers) beneath the Gulf of Mexico’s floor, in a spot […]
ICIMOD Open doors
ICIMOD Opens its Door More than 3000 people thronged the Headquarters complex of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development at Khumaltar on Saturday 6 March. The Open House was the second part of the two-day ‘ICIMOD Nepal Day 2010’ event in which ICIMOD opened its doors to welcome its partners, the development community, and […]
What happens when prisoners complain about adverse reactions to ingredients in certain foods?
It all depends on an individual’s genetic response to a particular food. People should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, but how can they be made affordable and safe from certain pesticides? What about sensitivities to candy, soy, milk, nuts, or other foods? What helps one person may be toxic to another person. For example, prisoners […]
Does eating candy in childhood lead to violence in adulthood, new study asks?
A new study raises more questions than it answers. Nutritionists want to know how sugar in candy fed to children ignite criminal acts when they reach adolescent or adulthood? The theory psychologists tell them is that when you give children candy regularly, it’s seen as a reward. The candy industry may probably direct parents to make sure their children eat sweets responsibly […]
Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling
Norma Fiorentino’s drinking water well was a time bomb. For weeks, workers in her small northeastern Pennsylvania town had been plumbing natural gas deposits from a drilling rig a few hundred yards away. They cracked the earth and pumped in fluids to force the gas out. Somehow, stray gas worked into tiny crevasses in the […]
The Rising Stakes Of Aso Rock Succession
It may not need a political expert to determine the direction of the political wind of the nation at the moment and the fact that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is a key factor in it all. Though he is not alone, but he appears the one making the most visible moves at the moment. […]