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Obesity and the Genome Project

The world population of overweight persons has reached 1.2 billion, reaching for the first time the same number as the part of the population suffering from malnutrition last year. World Watch Magazine, published by an international environmental organization, made the report last March based on a statistical analysis comparing weight and height. According to the magazine, in the United States, 55 percent of the adult population is overweight, a…

Feb 20,2001
Keeping the King in Check

One of the keys to the longevity of the Choson dynasty, nearly 500 years, was the freedom to deliver messages to the king, although the right was limited to the upper class. Government officials of the boards of censors, such as the Sahonbu, Saganwon and Hongmungwan, held royal power and divine right in check and led political life based on public opinion during the dynastic period. Naturally there were also strong reactions against their powers …

Feb 18,2001
Dresden Bombing Still Rankles

The city of Dresden is the jewel of the former East Germany. It was the capital of the German state of Saxony and a metropolis of German culture and art during the 18th century. Dresden was once known as the "Florence on the Elbe River" because of the architectural beauty everywhere in the city. The most appreciated are the baroque architecture of Zwinger palace and the famous Semper opera house, where Richard Wagner held the first performance…

Feb 16,2001
Being a Female Ph. D. in Korea

When describing Helen Kim, the leader in women's education in Korea, we often call her Korea's first female Ph. D. For many years, Helen Kim and the word Ph. D. shared the same meaning. After graduation from Ewha Haktang, which later became Ewha Woman's University, she served as a professor at her alma mater. Uwol, the nomme de plume of Helen Kim, left for the United States to study and received her Ph. D. from Columbia University. Her niec…

Feb 16,2001
The New Romanticists

Choi Chi-won, a Confucius scholar of the Shilla Dynasty, explained that refinement includes all contexts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. He said it is a profound concept that touches not only humans but everything in our world. During Korea's early history, men of taste, who lived their lives in a strong bond with everything else on earth, were called Hwarang. They enjoyed singing and dancing with each other and learned how to enjoy th…

Feb 14,2001
Psychology of Risk-Taking

In January 1989, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the pesticide daminozide (trade name Alar), which was mainly used while growing apples, causes tumors. According to the EPA, daminozide may result in an unacceptable risk to public health, causing tumors in one out of 1 million adults and nine out of 1 million children. Discussing the EPA report, the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit organization dedicate…

Feb 14,2001
Zen Buddhist Winter Training

In Buddhism, Zen is a practice which aims for reaching enlightenment by means of meditation and direct, intuitive insights. The practice of Zen has its foundation in a belief that people may reach the Buddhist enlightenment not depending on the words in the Sutras. Therefore, Zen emphasizes that one should not solely follow the logical interpretation of the Sutras, the scriptures, because it is possible to forget the ultimate goal of entering N…

Feb 13,2001
Thunder of a Citizen

In 1964, a commonplace event occurred; a lady had her pocket picked in Los Angeles. A woman with a blond ponytail took the purse of a passerby and, witnesses said, fled in a yellow car driven by a black man with a moustache and beard. After days of investigation, the police finally found a blonde-haired woman who had a boyfriend, a black man with moustache and beard driving a yellow car. There was no other evidence to tie the two to pickpoc…

Feb 12,2001
Deep-Sixing the Mir Space Station

After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, fierce competition erupted among the Allied Powers to take advantage of the expertise of German scientists. The United States and Soviet Union, especially, became desperate to win the heart of Doctor Wernher Von Braun, who developed Germany's most advanced V2 rockets. The V2 rocket research institute, located in Peenemunde, a sea village in northeastern Germany, came under the control of the Soviet…

Feb 10,2001
The Curse of Cupidity

Doctors warn that coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart may become contracted or clogged when a person is under extreme stress for a long time. One may die of a heart attack. If we eat when we are seriously stressed, we become ill in most cases. Because the stomach functions slowly and blood vessels connected to the stomach contract, digestion becomes disturbed. It is common knowledge that 50 percent of stomach illnesses are from stress.…

Feb 08,2001

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