7/20/2003:
Intermediate Word: rodomontade (a) pretentious bragging (b)
torrent of abuse (c) lively Italian dance (d) geneological
record
Difficult
Word: - atman
- (a) batboy in cricket (b)
chair that complements an ottoman (c) universal soul from which
individual souls are derived
(d) food of the Hindu gods
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Felling in Europe's oldest forest - BBC Trees in the last remaining tract of Europe's original forest are being cut down, to the dismay of Polish naturalists. The trees are in the Bialowieza forest, in some respects a treasure comparable to the Amazon rainforest. Polish conservationists are demanding European Union pressure to halt the destruction. Although the trees concerned are infested with insects, they say, the forest's antiquity means it should be left entirely to nature. It is the last significant stretch of the primeval temperate forest which once covered most of lowland Europe, and has survived for 8,000 years. It is home to wild European bison. |
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Campaign seeks canopy secrets - BBC One of the Earth's richest zones, the tropical forest canopy, is the target of a new scientific initiative. The organisers plan a network of treetop observatories to provide unrivalled insight into life high above the forest floor. They say this will hugely increase their knowledge of forest life and climate change. The Global Canopy Programme (GCP) is launching its campaign, A 20:20 Vision For Canopy Science, on 11 July at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. The GCP hopes to obtain several million pounds a year over the next 10 years to build and operate a network of observatories using cranes, balloons and walkways. |
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Drug hope for Parkinson's - BBC A drug has been found to significantly slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Scientists compared the effect of the drug, ropinirole, with the widely used treatment levodopa. They found that ropinirole was more effective at slowing down the loss of nerve function associated with the early stages of Parkinson's. However, it was not as effective as levodopa at controlling the symptoms of the disease, such as shaking, lack of coordination and frozen expression. In one study, 189 patients were nine times less likely to develop the involuntary and uncontrollable jerking movements associated with the long-term use of levodopa. |
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