SCIENCE NEWS of the Year.
Imagine opening a future issue of Science News, fresh from your mailbox, and seeing as the lead news headline "Science Solved: The Final Theory of Everything Worth Knowing." The rest of the magazine, and all issues thereafter, would be packed with descriptions of scientists detailing only small stuff, mundanely...

Persistence versus Persistents.
Nearly 40 years after Silent Spring, environmental advocates are still pushing for elimination of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) RACHEL CARSON's 1962 book, Silent Spring, eloquently and passionately described the deadly environmental and human health impacts of DDT. [1] In so doing, Silent Spring became a turning point...

PIC and choose - a toxic-imports accord.
Last week, representatives of 62 nations signed onto a United Nations protocol to control the proliferating export of toxic chemicals to countries that have decided they cannot ensure safe use. Once ratified by 50 countries, this new convention--adopted in the Dutch city of Rotterdam--will become a binding treaty and...

Travel Business News.
Mar 17, 2008 ASTA's annual "Hot Spots for Summer" survey polled 585 travel agency owners and managers to determine the most popular second honeymoon destinations and uncover other emerging travel trends for 2008, according to Cheryl Hudak, ASTA president and CEO. According to ASTA, Hawaii was the...

Destination News - Cruise.
Mar 17, 2008 Cruising was ranked number two in the recent ASTA travel agent survey, with 11.6 percent share of the total response. Respondents routinely book cruises for second honeymooners because this type of vacation offers variety, convenience and, on-shore excursions, dining and shopping excluded, an all-inclusive...

Geo-seismic environmental aspects affecting tailings dams failures.
INTRODUCTION Mining activity and other industrial processes generate large quantities of solid waste that annually need to be disposed of and stored in the so-called tailings dams in different parts of the world. The search for an economically, technically sound and environmentally admissible alternative to deal with...

Presumed domestication? Evidence for wild rice cultivation and domestication in the fifth millennium BC of the Lower Yangtze region.
Presumed domestication In some legal traditions, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. In the study of agricultural origins it is perhaps prudent to presume plants are wild until evidence can be found to indicate domestication. This has not, however, been the convention in the archaeology of...

Omega-3 DHA and EPA for cognition, behavior, and mood: clinical findings and structural-functional synergies with cell membrane phospholipids.
Abstract The omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are orthomolecular, conditionally essential nutrients that enhance quality of life and lower the risk of premature death. They function exclusively via cell membranes, in which they are anchored by phospholipid molecules. DHA is proven essential...

Van Tempeltronk tot katedraal: die kruisweg van Lodewyk XVII/van Tempeltronk tot katedraal: die kruisweg van Lodewyk XVII (1).
Abstract From the Temple to the cathedral: the calvary of Louis XVII In 2004, more than 200 years after his death in the Temple prison, the heart of Louis XVII, the successor to France's last king of the Ancien Regime, Louis XVI, was buried in...

Implementation of an evidence-based guideline for the referral of adults who are visually impaired in the Netherlands: potential barriers.
Throughout the Western world, 1%-2% of the population is visually impaired (that is, is blind or has low vision) (Thylefors, Negrel, Pararajasegaram, & Dadzie, 1995). In the Netherlands, of the 200,000 people who are visually impaired, the majority (85%) are aged 65 or older (Melief & Gorter, 1998). The...