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Chinese zoo shows pandas ‘porn’ to get them mating

ScienceMar 15, 2013

A Chinese zoo recently tried an unusual method to encourage its giant pandas to mate: showing them a panda version of a porn video.The zoo -- which is located in Chengdu -- managed to get the pandas to mate after showing them a video of other panda’s copulating, according to the English edition of Chinese daily Global Times.Zoo officials said every time male panda Yongyong tried to mate with his companion KeLin, she would fight him off. Since the mating period for a panda is relatively short, Ke
Park names Chae prosecution chief

PoliticsMar 15, 2013

President Park Geun-hye named the heads of 18 government offices Friday including the most powerful agencies of the prosecution, police and tax service.Senior prosecutor Chae Dong-wook was nominated for the public prosecutor general and Kim Duk-joong, chief of the Jungbu Regional Tax Office, to head the National Tax Service. Busan police chief Lee Sung-han, was named to lead the National Police Agency. The three are subjected to go through a parliamentary confirmation hearing.Chae, 54, now head
Mother lode … and again! Bulgarian man wins lottery twice

World NewsMar 15, 2013

A Bulgarian man has won the British lottery for the second time media reported Thursday.George Traykov, a 45-year-old Bulgarian property developer currently residing in Britain, recently won a 160,873-pounds (270 million won) prize in the “EuroMillions,” to add to his 1 million pounds “Millionaire Raffle” winnings from September 2011.Traykov said his incredible fortune could have been even bigger, as he missed the EuroMillions jackpot prize of 12 million pounds by one number. He added that he mi
Hana, KEB shareholders agree on share swap move

Mar 15, 2013

Shareholders of Hana Financial Group Inc. and its affiliate Korea Exchange Bank approved Friday the group's move to take full control of KEB through swapping shares, bank officials said. At an annual meeting, shareholders of Hana Financial voted for the share swap plan with 98.34 percent approval, the group said. It will raise its stake in KEB to 100 percent from the current 60 percent by swapping each of its shares for 5.28 KEB shares. KEB shareholders, in contrast, passed the plan after three
‘신의 입자’ 힉스, 드디어 발견!

PodcastMar 15, 2013

유럽입자물리연구소(CERN)는 14일(현지시간) 지난해 대형강입자충돌기(LHC)에서 검출된 소립자가 '힉스 입자'임이 확실시된다고 밝혔다.BBC와 AP 등에 따르면 CERN 조 인칸델라 연구팀장은 "어떤 종류의 힉스 입자인지 알아내려면 아직 갈 길이 멀지만 개인적으로 지금 갖고 있는 것이 힉스 입자라는 점은 명확하다"고 말했다.그는 이탈리아 라투일레에서 열린 연례 물리학회에서 CERN의 분석 결과 지난해 7월 LHC에서 검출된 입자의 '스핀'이 힉스 입자의 특성과 일치한다는 추론에 도달했다고 밝혔다. CERN 아틀라스 연구팀의 데이브 찰튼 대변인도 "검출된 입자의 스핀 값이 표준모형의 힉스 입자와 같은 것으로 나타나 힉스 입자 단위에서 측정 작업을 진행하고 있다"고 설명했다.스핀은 입자의 고유한 각(角)운동량으로 힉스 입자는 이 스핀이 제로(0)라야 한다.이날 AP통신은 CERN 연구팀의 발언을 인용해 힉스 입자 발견이 확실하다고 보도 했지만 다른 외신들은 가능성이 좀 더 커졌다며
N. Korea likely to provoke South this year: think tank

North KoreaMar 15, 2013

North Korea is likely to launch a provocative attack on South Korea this year, a top analyst said Thursday at the launch of his think tank's annual report on the world's military capabilities.The International Institute for Strategic Studies said North Korea's "military first" doctrine remained clearly intact under youthful leader Kim Jong-Un.Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the London-based IISS's non-proliferation and disarmament program, said world powers were increasingly concerned about the th
Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson

ScienceMar 15, 2013

It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago.In what could go down as one of the great Eureka! moments in physics _ and win somebody the Nobel Prize _ scientists said Thursday that after a half-century quest, they are confident they have found a Higgs boson, the elusive subatomic speck sometimes called the “God particle.”The existence of the particle was theorized in 1964 by the British physicist Pete
John Kerry to visit Seoul next month

Foreign affairsMar 15, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to South Korea next month as part of his Northeast Asia tour, his department announced Thursday.It will mark his first trip to the region since he took office in February. Following the G-8 meetings in London from April 10-11, Kerry plans to visit South Korea, Japan and China, according to department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland."The secretary will meet with counterparts and discuss the full range of bilateral, multilateral and regional issues as we
U.S. pins hopes on signs of change in China's N.K. policy

North KoreaMar 15, 2013

Expectations of a significant change in China's approach toward North Korea are growing among U.S. officials and experts, especially with the election of Beijing's new president, Xi Jinping. U.S. President Barack Obama openly said China is "recalculating" its policy on the troublesome communist neighbor."You're starting to see them recalculate and say, 'You know what? this is starting to get out of hand," Obama said in an interview with ABC News earlier this week."And, so, we may slowly be in a
Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

TechnologyMar 15, 2013

Samsung Electronics is kicking up its competition with Apple with its new Galaxy S4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its predecessor, the best-selling S III.Samsung trumpeted the much-anticipated phone's arrival Thursday at an event accompanied by a live orchestra while an audience of thousands watched the onstage theatrics. The Galaxy S4, which crams a 5-inch (12.7-centimeter) screen into body slightly smaller than the S III's, will go sale globally in the April to June perio
Neanderthal demise down to eye size?

ScienceMar 14, 2013

Neanderthals went extinct because they had larger eyes than modern humans that monopolized brain resources to see in the long nights in Europe, scientists say.Modern humans, on the other hand, spent more time in Africa where longer, brighter days required no such adaption and allowed our frontal lobes, associated with higher-level thinking, to evolve further before we moved out of Africa and spread across the globe, they said.Eiluned Pearce of Britain's Oxford University, comparing Neanderthal s
피곤한 직장인 20초 안에 활기 찾는 법

Mar 14, 2013

스마트폰 사용자 3천 만 시대, 어딜 가던 사람들은 이 똑똑한 기계를 쳐다보느라 여념이 없다. 하지만 출퇴근길에 스마트폰을 보고, 회사에서 장시간 컴퓨터 스크린을 보며 집에서 티비를 보는 당신의 안구건강은 괜찮을까? 미국의 안과 전문가들은 장시간 컴퓨터를 사용하는 사람들은 안구 건강을 위한 “20/20/20/20”운동을 실천하라고 권고했다. 이 방법은 20분 마다 눈을 20번 깜빡이고 20피트(약 6미터) 떨어져 있는 물건을 20초 정도 바라보며 눈의 피로를 줄이는 방법이다. 이러한 안구운동을 고안한 텍사스대학교 의과대학 에드워드 멘델슨 교수는 “사무실은 일하기엔 쾌적하지만 안구건강에는 좋지 않은 환경을 지니고 있습니다,” 라며 “스무 번 정도 눈을 깜빡이는 것은 안구가 촉촉해지고 활기찬 하루를 보낼 수 있게 도와줍니다” 라고 언급했다. 안약을 넣거나 점심시간을 이용해 잠깐 눈을 붙이는 것도 안구건강에 효과적이라고 멘델슨 교수는 덧붙였다. (코리아헤럴드) <관련 영문 기사>The ‘
Top court confirms acquittal of ex-prime minister over bribery

PoliticsMar 14, 2013

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that cleared the country's first female prime minister of bribery charges. Han Myeong-sook, who was prime minister between 2006 and 2007 under the late liberal President Roh Moo-hyun, was found not guilty of taking US$50,000 in bribes while in office from former Korea Express chief executive Kwak Young-wook."Kwak's testimony lacks objectivity and rationality," the court said in its ruling, adding that it is difficult to rule out the possi
China names Xi Jinping president, capping his rise

World NewsMar 14, 2013

China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly clamoring for change.The elevation of Xi to the presidency by the rubberstamp national legislature gave him the last of the three titles held by his predecessor, Hu Jintao. The move was expected after Xi was named head of the Communist Party and chairman of its military, p
Park nominates IT expert for science minister

PoliticsMar 14, 2013

President Park Geun-hye named a top communications technology expert for science minister, the presidential spokesman said Thursday, after an earlier nominee resigned amid a parliamentary impasse over her government reorganization proposal.Professor Choi Mun-kee of top science university KAIST was named to head the ministry of future creation and science, presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung said. The ministry will be newly established under Park's government reorganization plan.The nomination