South Sudan in Crisis as Famine Ravages World’s Newest Country
“This famine is man-made,”said Joyce Luma, head of the World Food Program in South Sudan. “There is only so much that humanitarian assistance can achieve in the absence of meaningful peace and security.”
24 Arrested After Protests Sparked in Anaheim by Videotaped Struggle Between Off-Duty LAPD Officer, Teen
About 300 demonstrators took part in the protest, which began in the Anaheim neighborhood where the incident took place before moving to major streets in the area, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Bolivian farmers threw dynamite and fireworks at police during protest over cultivation of cocaine’s base product
Angry farmers threw dynamite, fireworks and rocks at police in an attempt to regain positions lost late Monday in a clash at access points to the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government and residence of President Evo Morales.
Our Universe is too vast for even the most imaginative sci-fi
While we are humbled by our tiny size relative to the cosmos, our brains can none the less comprehend, to some extent, just how large the Universe we inhabit is. This is hopeful, since, as the astrobiologist Caleb Scharf of Columbia University has said: ‘In a finite world, a cosmic perspective isn’t a luxury, it is a necessity.’ Conveying this to the public is the real challenge faced by astronomers and science-fiction writers alike.
Evolving Man Project 