Gulf of Mexico
After an April 2010 accident on an oil platform,
huge amounts of oil and gas gushed into the sea for nearly three months.
A study by one team of researchers found that two and a half months
after that, some of the pollutants had disappeared —devoured, they
concluded, by bacteria with a taste for methane. Some experts are
skeptical, however. They believe that much of the oil has sunk to the
ocean floor.
Russia
According to one survey, 59 percent of Russians
aged 18 to 35 believe that “to attain success in life, you sometimes
have to go against your moral principles and standards,” reports the
newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
Peru
Some of the oldest corncobs ever found (such as
the one shown above) suggest that the inhabitants of northern Peru were
making popcorn and corn flour at least 3,000 years ago.
Italy
Lucio Soravito De Franceschi, the Catholic bishop
of Adria-Rovigo, believes that a religious message ought to favor having
“direct contact with individuals” where they live. “Our pastoral care
should go from ringing church bells to ringing doorbells,” he says.
South Africa
source:Awake magazine
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