Skara Brae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Orkney, Scotland, and one of the most important ones at that. It is one of the best preserved Stone Age settlements discovered to date, with a number of buildings uncovered, and the shape and size of streets established as well. However, its position, a few meters away fr... |
3 August 2009
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Earlier this week, Microsoft and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced that they were forming a partnership designed to focus on higher education. The duo also committed to launching the UNESCO-Microsoft Task Force on Higher Education and Information and Communication Technology (... |
9 July 2009
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Microsoft has partnered with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in an effort designed to identify the opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology for governments to drive change. In this regard, the duo announced the UNESCO-Microsoft Task Force on Higher Education a... |
6 July 2009
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Aquifers are extremely valuable natural resources, especially considering the water shortage that the world will be faced with shortly. These natural formations are just rocks that are able to store huge quantities of fresh water, about 100 times more than all rivers on the surface, at any given time. Because of thei... |
25 October 2008
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The rate of tiger attacks on humans in India has increased several times over the past few years, since the effects of global warming began to take their toll on the animals' natural habitat. Rising sea water levels severely decimate the mangrove forests in India's Sundarban region, which comprises of thick... |
21 October 2008
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