Scientists warn of mass wipe-out

One-fifth of the world’s vertebrates are facing the risk of extinction with the highest ranked risk in Southeast Asia. Luckily, it occurs at a slower pace with the conservation efforts. The core reason for the tremendous decline of the world’s mammals is the devastation of their natural habitats. Agricultural expansion, deforestation and hunting are the primary forces behind accelerating extinction rate. Scientists say that man-made destruction speed up the extinction rate by 1000 times compared to its natural rate. The IUCN said last year the world was experiencing its sixth mass extinction in history and the most recent one is the wipe out of dinosaurs. Therefore, IUCN members have discussed and mapped out a plan to bring to a halt or slow down the decline in world’s biodiversity. Captive breeding programmes and protected areas will be established as the targeted conservation efforts.

Crocodile on plane stampedes, causes crash and kills 19 passengers

A stowaway crocodile hidden in a passenger’s sports bag escaped from its carrier bag and sparked an onboard mad dash. The stampede of frenzied passengers caused imbalance of the small air craft, killing 19 passengers and crew in the crash. Sarcastically, the crocodile is still alive when rescuers were sifting through the wreckage. It is believed that the crocodile was smuggled to be sold in Bandundu.

Science wakes up to people's increasing ability to manipulate their own dreams

Lucid dreaming which was shown in the movie – Inception is real and becoming more common, experts believe. Britain’s leading authority said that the incidence of lucid dreaming has been on the rise over the last few years. The point is further supported by the result from a sleep laboratory conducted by Professor Mark Blagrove. The result showed that a lucid dream had risen between 10 – 40% since 1980s. Professor Mark Blagrove asserted that lucid dreams have the potential to inspect the neurological divergence between conscious and unconscious self. It showed that people are more capable in controlling their dreams. However, lucid dream has created a controversy as they are hard to monitor and evaluate and some experiments revealed that overall brain activity was still notably different to the waking state. On the other hand, Professor Mark Blagrove said that it might have a role in sifting and consolidating memories. The conclusion is : Dreaming is very subjective and how true the dream cannot be justified.

Dying girl Kathleen Edwards taunted by 'devil' neighbours

A couple has been branded as the most heartless couple after they posted taunting photos of the family of a seven year old girl who is dying from incurable disease – Huntingtons disease. Besides, they posted a picture of the girl’s dead mother online with assaulting message. A facebook page has been set up as the ‘Devil of Detroit Street’ which aims to collect 100.000 names as this act had caused outrage across the world due to their lack of sympathy. The dying girl's father, Robert Edwards, 26, has appealed to the Petkovs to leave his family alone.

First patient treated with human embryonic stem cells

A persistent lady who had undergone 10 years of infertility treatment manages to give birth to a healthy baby from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years. However, the newborn of the new baby boy created a controversial issue. Opponents claimed that the baby could be a generation before she was born or to the biological offspring of her mother or her grandmother. Besides, the embryo is taken from the embryo from a couple who no longer need them after they had a child from IVF treatment. Therefore, the new born baby boy is the siblings of the IVF child although he is born almost 20 years apart.

First patient treated with human embryonic stem cells

A persistent lady who had undergone 10 years of infertility treatment manages to give birth to a healthy baby from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years. However, the newborn of the new baby boy created a controversial issue. Opponents claimed that the baby could be a generation before she was born or to the biological offspring of her mother or her grandmother. Besides, the embryo is taken from the embryo from a couple who no longer need them after they had a child from IVF treatment. Therefore, the new born baby boy is the siblings of the IVF child although he is born almost 20 years apart.

Adopted Florida girl accused of poisoning family

A mexico girl who has been adopted by a family in Orlando, Florida admitted that she put cockroaches and rodent poison as well as dog faeces in the food of her adoptive family. Besides, she put hand soap in their drinking water as well. It is believed that she started these actions since early 2009. These acts had put the health of the adoptive family at stake. Recent toxicology tests indicated that traces of arsenic has been found in the blood sample of the adoptive mother and the two biological children may also be poisoned too. The neighbours also appalled by the news as the family treat the adopted girl nicely, providing her a lovelyand caring family. Anyway, the family decided not to put any legal action on that girl as it would be a felony and she has been provided with mental health services

random update

it has been quite some time I neglect my blogger....
This is because everyone is busying with the trial and tests given since raya break....
Finally, we have some time to relax and refresh our mind before we continue to prepare for public exam....
Coming back home, I encountered some complications and again, I made my family to worry for me again...I do not mean for them to worry so much for me as I am already 19, reaching 20 soon...I really hope I can be treated as an adult so that they can really leave me and let me to decide...However, I did many many things that pull them away from the direction of letting me off..
i am such a failure in facing my life....I feel sorry for them and I hope that it can really over....bless...

Energy-efficiency weather data 30 years old

The weather data used by the federal government of Australia is 30 years out of date, yet, it is still in use to determine how billions of dollars are spent to make buildings more energy-efficient. Despite repeated pleas have been sent to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, no actions have been taken by the pertinent officers
Experts declared that the old data seriously undermines policy objectives to limit climate change and it is so ridiculous to plan and develop environmental friendly buildings and projects based on these out-dated data. Even though a lot of pragmatic measures have been executed such as appropriate heating, cooling and lighting systems, insulation, glazing and other elements in the building fabric, it is non-sense if the data referred is well out dated! It makes all the projects proposed to become a failure albeit the initial objectives are good as a result of the inaccurate data available. The situation is worsened by the faulty in key areas for the data collection. Associate Professor Terry Williamson, a University of Adelaide-based expert in thermal performance, said the aftermaths are significant yet billions of dollars have been invested.