Mary Roach Death In Space

For some uplifting weekend reading, I suggest Mary Roach's excellent special Boing Boing feature "Death In Space."



The U.S. has plans for a manned visit to Mars by the mid-2030s.

The ESA and Russia have sketched out a similar joint mission, and it is claimed that China's space program has the same objective. Apart from their destination, all these plans share something in common: extraordinary danger for the explorers. What happens if som

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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/03/mary-roach-death-in.html

Did Powdered Milk From China Cause Baby Girls to Grow Breast

The investigation by the country's food safety authorities will look into allegations that three girls, aged between four and 15 months, were found to have abnormal premature pubescent developments allegedly after consuming the same baby formula.

The infants, who live in three separate towns near the central Chinese city Wuhan, were reportedly foun

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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2lxgMh/newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/11/did-powdered-milk-from-china-cause-baby-girls-to-grow-breasts/

Garbage Islands Threaten Three Gorges Dam

Thousands of tons of garbage washed down by recent torrential rain are threatening to jam the locks of China's massive Three Gorges Dam.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38517934/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Google Agrees to Chinese Censorship

China renewed Google's Internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site, an official said Tuesday in Beijing's first public comment on its decision.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/20/tech/main6696166.shtml

Chinese Turn To Religion To Fill A Spiritual Vacuum

Alongside China's astonishing economic boom, an almost unnoticed religious boom has been taking place.

The collapse of the communist ideology created a void that has left many Chinese looking for a value system.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128544048

China Spends To Gain Afghan Foothold

China has expanded its economic footprint in Afghanistan with several high-profile investments and reconstruction projects and has become� the country's largest foreign investor.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38076136/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/?ocid=twitter

Is China backing away from censuring North Korea

Despite indications last week that it might take a harder line on North Korea over the North's apparent sinking of South Korea's Cheonan warship, China now appears unwilling to censure its Communist ally.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0530/Is-China-backing-away-from-censuring-North-Korea-over-the-sinking-of-South-s-Cheonan-warship

The Key to Fixing Global Warming China

It's late November 2009, and US energy secretary Steven Chu is leaning against a fake sink in a fake kitchen.

Chu is 62 years old and athletically trim

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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/04/ff_stevenchu/

China warns Google as Internet row deal seen soon

China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security.||The chief executive of Google,...

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62B11520100312?rpc=64

China has declared a cyber war NATO

NATO diplomatic sources have told The Times that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks.Were now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security,� they said, adding that the number of attacks had increased significantly over the past 12 months.

China, they said, is among the most active players.

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http://www.zopag.com/news/china-has-declared-a-cyber-war-nato/15070.html