CBS News: All Thoroughbreds Have Same Ancestor
All the great names in thoroughbred horse racing – from Secretariat to Man O’War, from Seabiscuit to Seattle Slew – they’re all related, and a team of geneticists has now traced their talent for speed back to a single ancestor. The “speed gene” that made
Researchers: 225 schools may lie on active faults
A university research team is asking the government to take steps to ensure student safety, after finding that 225 schools are likely to lie on active faults, with 780 other schools located close to such rifts. ASWJ Dec 20, 2011
TOEFL PRO "Rubrics: The Rules of the Game"
For TOEFL, there are speaking rubrics and writing rubrics. Focus on ETS’s independent writing task rubrics. ETS did not make up these rubrics. They are universal rules of proficient argument development going all the way back to Aristotle.
Turkic Balbals in Japan
Focuses on rakanji statues and postulates the influx of Turkic or Persian and other Central Asian migratory lineages into Japan