photo by World Resources Institute
Nearly half of all primate species are now threatened with extinction, according to an evaluation by the IUCN. The study, which drew on the work of hundreds of scientists and is the most comprehensive analysis for more than a decade, found that the conservation outlook for monkeys, apes and other primates [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘news’
11|08|2008
Not all primates are going away…
18|01|2008
One in a million!!
British twins separated at birth married without knowing of kinship
This is what I call a stroke of bad luck, what are the odds of such a thing?…
18|01|2008
If you can’t beat them, drug them
To ease the deportation process the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, between 2003 and 2007, has been injecting detainees with psychotropic drugs while trying to shuttle them out of the country….
Lawsuit: ICE drugging detainees set for deportation – CNN.com [via Zero de Conduta]
13|01|2008
Do Monkeys Pay for Sex?
“It turns out that one of humanity’s oldest professions may be even older than we thought: In a recent study of macaque monkeys in Indonesia, researchers found that male primates “paid” for sexual access to females — and that the going rate for such access dwindled as the number of available females went up.”
How [...]
2|01|2008
The War in Iraq for Dummies
Who has the oil versus who spends it… [via Zero De Conduta (in portuguese)]
14|12|2007
New Jersey abolishes Death Penalty
One down, 37 states to go…
PS – Death penalty in civilized “western-like industrialized” countries is not an exclusive of the United States. By the way, both the US and Japan couldn’t apply to the European Union.
19|10|2007
Colbert for President!!
I would turn American just to vote in next year’s election!
Stephen Colbert announces presidential bid, but is it the truth or truthiness? | The Social – CNET News.com
23|07|2007
Internet Democracy
(…) It’s heart warming to know that the efforts of the well meaning folks behind the OLPC project are delivering real results on the ground; providing the same opportunities for teenage boys to access internet porn no matter how impoverished they are or where they live.OLPC Brings Porn To The Third World
7|02|2007
Gossip, the internet way…
Newsvine – Child porn scandal hits innocent man as a Internet side effect
This is the problem with rumours in the Information Age we’re living…
5|02|2007
Google censors blog
Google censors blog – Wikinews
I thought these things only could happen in China…
