Queen Rania Al Abdullah made a rare visit to Korea last week. She wanted to improve her country’s education system by learning about Korea’s teaching and teacher training programs, which is considered one of the best in the world.
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Have you ever wondered what the brain of a genius looks like? If so, take a trip to Philadelphia, the former capital of the U.S. There, for the first time in history, the public can view 46 pieces of Albert Einstein’s brain.
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Have you ever wanted to party inside a palace? Some very lucky people may get their chance next summer. Queen Elizabeth II recently agreed to rent out fancy rooms at St. James’ Palace as party venues during the 2012 London Olympics.
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In 2000, Honda’s Asimo robot humiliated the Japanese car company by demonstrating how easily it could fall down a flight of stairs. It was, of course, supposed to walk up them. However, Honda unveiled a new, smarter, much improved Asimo robot last week in Tokyo.
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Iceland and France have teamed up to save French trees endangered by global warming. Officials are now discussing ways to transport and plant them in Iceland. They said they are focusing on trees from the French Alps and the
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According to conservation groups, the critically endangered Javan rhino is now extinct in Vietnam, after the last known rhino was killed for its horn last year. Experts said the news was not a surprise, as only one sighting had been recorded in Vietnam since 2008.
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From the mighty polar bear to the tiny California squirrel, many of Earth’s species are shrinking in size. However, while the authors of this new U.S. study believe that this phenomenon is due to global warming, other experts say that these changes may be occurring naturally
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The Altamira cave in Spain is a popular tourist destination. More than 14,000 years ago artists painted bison, deer, and their own handprints on the rock walls and ceilings. Although the cave is currently closed to the public, plans to reopen it by Spain’s Ministry
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Earlier this year, authorities in Hong Kong seized about 800 endangered pig-nosed turtles that were smuggled from Indonesia. Most of the baby turtles were just a few days old when they were rescued. Officials in Hong Kong temporarily sent the turtles to a conservation farm.
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For the first time ever, an Israeli research team uncovered freshwater springs and microbes - microscopic organisms - along the seafloor of the Dead Sea, the saltiest body of water on Earth. The researchers found that freshwater flows from steep-walled craters that are about
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