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The "Population Expl |
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During the 1970s, humanity was three decades removed from the last World War, and modern medicine seemed capable of conquering one killer disease after another. The world’s birth rates and fertility rates continued their upward climb, as they had for the past seven centuries. Projecting the growth in the population, experts at the time warned of an unavoidable disaster. |
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[GT] 다년생 쌀의 지속적 생산성과 |
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인류가 쌀농사를 시작한 지 약 9,000년 만에, 이 농사가 갑자기 생산성 면에서 큰 도약을 이루고 있다. ‘네이처 서스테인어빌러티(Nature Sustainability)’ 저널에 발표된 새로운 연구에 따르면, 중국 남부와 아프리카 우간다에서 다년생 쌀 재배를 시도한 농경학적, 경제적, 환경적 결과의 연대순 기록을 보여주고 있다. |
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Blogs Become Mainstr |
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Consider this statistic: The term “Web log” was coined in December 1997. Today, some 35 million people read blogs. In other words, eight people have begun reading blogs, on average, every minute of every day for the past eight years. That’s one every seven-and-a-half seconds. And there appears to be no end in sight. |
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The Balance of Adver |
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The advent of pay TV, on-demand TV, IPTV, TiVo, and all the other technologies that are changing the entertainment and informational landscape has led to many dire predictions about the impending demise of television advertising. However, the reality so far is much less traumatic: |
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The U.S. Economy Kee |
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When a natural disaster practically wipes a major city off the map ?at least temporarily ?it should be expected to have a catastrophic effect on a nation뭩 economy. But although there was a Katrina-induced fourth-quarter lull, there is no question that the economy is once more surging. |
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