Magnetic fields frozen into meteorite grains tell shocking tale of solar system birth The most accurate laboratory measurements yet made of magnetic fields trapped in grains within a primitive meteorite are providing important clues to how the early solar system evolved. The measurements point to shock waves traveling through the cloud of dusty gas around the newborn Sun as a major factor in solar system formation. “The measurements made by Roger Fu of MIT and Benjamin Weiss, also of MIT, are astounding and unprecedented,” said Steve Desch of Arizona State University. “Not only have they measured tiny magnetic fields thousands of times weaker than a compass feels, they have mapped the magnetic fields’ variation recorded by the meteorite, millimeter by millimeter.” Construction debris It may seem all but impossible to determine how the solar system formed, given it happened about 4.5 billion years ago. Among the most useful pieces of debris are the oldest, most primitive, and least altered type of meteorites called the chondrites.
Three Chinese Leaders: Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was one of the historic figures of the twentieth century. A founder of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), he played a major role in the establishment of the Red Army and the development of a defensible base area in Jiangxi province during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He consolidated his rule over the Party in the years after the Long March and directed overall strategy during the Sino-Japanese War and the civil war. Following the establishment of the PRC (People's Republic of China) in 1949, Mao was responsible for many of the political initiatives that transformed the face of China. During the early 1960s, Mao continued his restless challenge of what he perceived as new forms of domination (in his words, "revisionism," or "capitalist restoration"). In 1969 Mao designated Defense Minister Lin Biao, a Cultural Revolution ally, as his heir apparent. From Focus on Asian Studies, Vol.
Strays Online - A fantasy webcomic The internet is awesome-Chinese history in film version – Frog in a Well China British Pathé has put some 80,000 of their old newsreels on YouTube. This is a massive treasure trove of cool stuff, and the many hours I will spend looking at them are fully justified as "work". A lot the commentary is bland, foreigner-centered and uninformed, but the pictures are great. Civil War in China. (1922) Not much analysis, but a a nice funeral. Some of these are listed as unknown material with no date. such as. World Faces Crisis As Japan And China Clash In Far East (1938) I suppose I should comment and tell them what this is. Maybe Village Children Of South China (1951) is more your style?
Goblins Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)[29][a][31] was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides; the North established a communist government, while the South established a right-wing government. The U.S. provided 88% of the 341,000 international soldiers which aided South Korean forces, with twenty other countries of the United Nations offering assistance. Names In the U.S., the war was initially described by President Harry S. Background
Evidence of one of the universe's oldest stars discovered Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii say they have found the first ever evidence for the universe's first-generation of starsThe groundbreaking discovery was made in a second-generation starThe team found a chemical signature that must mean the younger star was made from one much olderIf correct, it would be the first evidence for such a stellar body ever foundFirst-generation stars ultimately gave rise to the planets, galaxies and other objects in the universe today By Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline Published: 16:58 GMT, 22 August 2014 | Updated: 18:31 GMT, 22 August 2014 Astronomers have found the first ever evidence for the huge stars that are thought to have populated the early universe. With a mass many hundred times that of the sun, they would have lived very short lives and none are still in existence today. However traces of one has now been found, and the potentially groundbreaking discovery could yield fascinating information about the early universe.
India country profile - Overview India is the world's largest democracy and according to UN estimates, its population is expected to overtake China's in 2028 to become the world's most populous nation. As a rising economic powerhouse and nuclear-armed state, India has emerged as an important regional power. But it is also tackling huge, social, economic and environmental problems. Home to some of the world' s most ancient surviving civilizations, the Indian subcontinent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - is both vast and diverse in terms of its people, language and cultural traditions. See India in picturesSee more country profiles - Profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Population 1.3 billion Area 3.1 million sq km (1.2 million sq miles), excluding Kashmir Major languages Hindi, English and more than 20 other official languages Major religions Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism Life expectancy 67 years (men), 70 years (women) Currency Rupee Getty Images Read full biography
Cambodian Surf Rockers Were Awesome, but the Khmer Rouge Killed Them Cambodian surf rock artist Ros Sereysothea When a friend invited me to a “Cambodian surf party” in his run-down apartment in Sheffield, England, I figured he was just being a pretentious idiot. It’s a retro novelty, I thought. The kind of thing people who collect surrealist-noise vinyl lose their minds over because it’s kitsch and obscure. Upon arrival in Sheffield—where there was a distinct lack of anything Cambodian—my drunk friend rushed straight over to his laptop and loaded a song up on YouTube. I was compelled to find the story behind the genre, so I downloaded a compilation album—The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia—and was captivated by the erratic rhythm and chants of Yol Aularong and the Sinatra-like presence of Sin Sisamuth. As Vietnam faced the onslaught of American invasion in the 1960s, neighboring Cambodia was exposed to an unintended cultural bombardment. But the scene didn’t last long. The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims. One of Ros Sereysothea's LP covers.