American Buddhist Net

We've recently seen the largest explosion ever recorded: a supergiant star two hundred times bigger than the sun utterly obliterated by runaway thermonuclear reactions triggered by gamma ray-driven antimatter production. The resulting blast was visible for months because it unleashed a cloud of radioactive material over fifty times the size of our own star, giving off a nuclear fission glow visible from galaxies away.

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AS A veterinarian, he should have known better than to have made such a suggestion. More so being the deputy director-general of the Veterinary Services Department.

Dr Ahmad Suhaimi Omar has landed in hot water for proposing that municipal council dog pounds be allowed to sell the animals to those who like eating canine meat.

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Researchers say they've solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.

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At least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday.

China's wild tiger population is dwindling, but a number of tigers still live in zoos and breeding centres in the northeast.

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Two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for 2,830 New Zealand dollars (1,983 US dollars) at an auction.

The "ghosts" were put up for sale by Avie Woodbury from the southern city of Christchurch.

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WASHINGTON — While astronomers scour the skies for signs of life in outer space, biologists are exploring an enormous living world buried below the surface of the Earth.

Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in rocks, soil, tree roots, mines, oil wells, lakes and aquifers on the continents.

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At a time when Buddhist pilgrims and tourists are flocking to the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda for the country’s most elaborate spiritual festival, Lao Dong newspaper has exposed a shocking truth: Several restaurants in the pagoda complex are openly slaughtering wild animals.

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Cutting the threads of the spacetime fabric and reinstating the aether could lead to a theory of quantum gravity.

If there’s one thing Einstein taught us, it’s that time is relative. But physicist Petr Ho?ava is challenging this notion and tearing through the fabric of spacetime in his quest for a theory of quantum gravity. His work may also resurrect another entity that Einstein had seemingly buried—the aether.

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Do alien life forms exist in a Californian lake? Could there be a shadow biosphere? One scientist is trying to find out

Mono Lake has a bizarre, extraterrestrial beauty. Just east of Yosemite National Park in California, the ancient lake covers about 65 square miles. Above its surface rise the twisted shapes of tufa, formed when freshwater springs bubble up through the alkaline waters.

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China is farming African wild Rhinos in order to harvest their horns for alleged medicinal properties, a newspaper reported Sunday quoting a report by international conservation monitors.

China has imported 141 live white rhino from South Africa since 2000 - far more than is needed to promote tourism - with the possible aim of setting up rhino farms, the Sunday Times quoted the report as saying.

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 6, 2010) — Engineering researchers have crafted a flat surface that refuses to get wet. Water droplets skitter across it like ball bearings tossed on ice.

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A PIG deserves at least 12 hours being alone, some walking, patting, and music if possible, before being slaughtered, a central China city authority has ordered.

Zhengzhou City Commerce Commission said it imposed the requirements as a part of a humane slaughter campaign. They said a peaceful slaughter would add more flavor to the pork, the Henan Business Daily reported yesterday.

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THE February 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile may have shortened the length of each day. Using a complex model, NASA scientist Richard Gross and his colleagues came up with a preliminary calculation that the quake could have shortened the length of a day by about 1.26 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a second). Moreover the quake, Gross said, would also have moved the earth's "figure axis" by three inches.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Predictive Astrology Course starts Wed., March 24
2. Astrological Consultations, Courses, and Workshops
3. Learn Astrology One-on-One with Jim Shawvan
4. Llewellyn's 2010 Daily Planetary Guide
5. Quotations and Bonus Links: Important News Stories
6. JIM SHAWVAN'S ASTROLOGICAL PREDICTIONS,
MARCH 2010
7. Meditation on Lovingkindness, Compassion,
Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity

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TOKYO: Japan pushed Tuesday to lift a 24-year-old ban on commercial whaling, setting up a clash at talks in Florida with implacable foes opposed to its pursuit of the giant mammals.

Tokyo’s position against the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium risked new tensions with environmental campaigners and Australia, which has slapped Japan with a legal ultimatum unless it stops whaling.

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Some Chinese pandas have started eating animal bones instead of their traditional diet of bamboo, state-run China Central Television has said.

The bizarre change in the endangered creatures' diet is thought to be due to the large-scale cutting down of bamboo forests in China.

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One of the most common weed killers in the world, atrazine, causes chemical castration in frogs and could be contributing to a worldwide decline in amphibian populations, a study published Monday showed.

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First Siberian tiger found in wild for 20 years raises questions over handling of claims of rediscovered wild animals in China

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An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2010) — As many as one quarter of the star clusters in our Milky Way -- many more than previously thought -- are invaders from other galaxies, according to a new study. The report also suggests there may be as many as six dwarf galaxies yet to be discovered within the Milky Way rather than the two that were previously confirmed.

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WASHINGTON -- A journey from Earth to Mars could soon take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.

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Reporting from Orlando, Fla. - A killer whale fatally attacked an animal trainer at SeaWorld in Florida on Wednesday, jerking her into the pool and thrashing her around underwater as dozens of horrified tourists watched.

The orca had been involved in two previous deaths, including one at the water park in 1999.

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BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand has seized two tons of elephant tusks from Africa hidden in pallets labeled as mobile phone parts in the country's largest ivory seizure.

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On a dusty corner in North Las Vegas, there is a Buddhist temple. On that temple's property, there are cats. Many, many cats. Dozens of cats, in fact, have been known to congregate there.

These are feral cats, meaning they live wherever they darn well please. Apparently, the Buddhist property in the sparsely populated residential neighborhood at Gowan Road and Simmons Street suits them.

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Squirrel Fishing: The New Catch And Release Sport That Grabs Squirrels By The Nuts!

Jang's family which lives in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul, recently spent a dreamy two weeks with a rental dachshund "Jerry." Jang only planned to have Jerry to stay for five days, but the kids loved him so much that Jang had to extend.

"Many customers extend the rental period. Kids in particular hate to return them. Some just end up buying the dog because they become so attached to it," said Park Jeong-hwan, president of Dog Rent, a dog rental shop based online.

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Aliens may be “staring us in the face” in a form humans are unable to recognise, the Queen’s astronomer has said.

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Environmentalists believe that Taiwanese Buddhists are upsetting the eco-system with their good intentions.

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This same argument goes on year after year, but nothing changes. It is a disgrace that Taiwanese Buddhists are still defending this ignorant practice which causes so much more harm than good. ABN

Most vegetarians believe that by not eating animals, they are preserving life. Everyone knows that plants are alive but they are not viewed with the same level of intelligence as animals are. As science continues to uncover the complex nature of plants, it is becoming more apparent that plants are actively intelligent life that pursue their continued existence in similar ways as do animals.

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