October 2022

What is changesite? Changesite – (Y) is a new mineral name approved by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) and its Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) for the discovery by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology from the lunar soil brought back by the Chang’e 5 explorer. The chemical formula for Changesite – (Y) is (Ca8Y)□Fe2+(PO4)7...

What is changesite? Changesite – (Y) is a new mineral name approved by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) and its Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) for the discovery by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology from the lunar soil brought back by the Chang’e 5 explorer. The chemical formula for Changesite – (Y) is (Ca8Y)□Fe2+(PO4)7...

 The current world situation is tense. The Russian-Ukrainian war has lasted beyond six months. The war is tragic and cruel. The scattered Ukraine refugees not only affects the whole of Europe but also stresses the global economy, especially with food and energy shortage and world-wide inflation. NATO and EU member states led by the U.S. not only avoided cease fire talks but instead encouraged...

 The current world situation is tense. The Russian-Ukrainian war has lasted beyond six months. The war is tragic and cruel. The scattered Ukraine refugees not only affects the whole of Europe but also stresses the global economy, especially with food and energy shortage and world-wide inflation. NATO and EU member states led by the U.S. not only avoided cease fire talks but instead encouraged...

​ Competition is not a dirty word. Human beings have always been in competition with nature, environment and themselves. We may generally label this type of competition as ‘Competition under Darwinism’, somewhat following the principles of Darwinism – that is all living species including human beings will compete for survival, competing for natural resources with their natural abilities....

​ Competition is not a dirty word. Human beings have always been in competition with nature, environment and themselves. We may generally label this type of competition as ‘Competition under Darwinism’, somewhat following the principles of Darwinism – that is all living species including human beings will compete for survival, competing for natural resources with their natural abilities....

 The Senate Bill, S. 4428 – Taiwan Policy Act is a product of complex bipartisan political wave and a long-time lobbying force pushing for Taiwan Independence. There was a pro-Taiwan lobbying effort in the U.S. since 1996 when Lee Deng Hui betrayed the KMT party’s one China policy. Lee’s visit to and speech at Cornell University in 1996 in fact created a military fiasco in the Taiwan Strait...

 ​Democracy is a method for making decisions, hence can be employed by any organization, from a family of husband and wife with or without children, to corporations with or without employee unions, to churches with or without dioceses or parishes (ecclesiastical polity, for example in Christianity) to nations with or without federations. When an organizational structure is defined, democracy can...