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Poem: Shining

2005-04-14

The clouds roll in,How heavy they gatherTo darken China’s horizons.

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Poem: Cosmos

2005-04-13

Let the cosmos unfoldCome shine anew,Here, to worldsImmeasurable And beyond.

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Missing Link between Galaxy Collisions and Star Birth Is Found

2005-04-13

Data from ISO, the infrared observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), have provided the first direct evidence that shock waves generated by galaxy collisions excite the gas from which new stars will form. The result also provides important clues on how the birth of the first stars was triggered and sped up in the early Universe.

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Painting: Tao Qian

2005-04-12

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Drawing: Water Torture

2005-04-11

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Piano and Cello Duet: “Please Sit by My Side” CD Series (19): Without Pursuit

2005-04-09

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Poem: Bitter Wind

2005-04-08

Inside China A most bitter wind descendsMaking cold of many a heart...

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Poem: Demise

2005-04-07

Its evil, boundless almost, Inside new worlds – foundless, Here to witness its ultimate demise.

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Keyboard Music: “Please Sit by My Side" CD Series (11): Drifting in Paradise

2005-04-06

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X-rays Signal Presence of Elusive Black Hole

2005-04-06

According to a Chandra X-Ray Centre News Release on March 23rd, 2005, peculiar outbursts of X-rays coming from a black hole in the galaxy Messier 74 (M74) have provided evidence that the black hole has a mass of about 10,000 Suns, which would place it in a possible new class of black holes. These outbursts were observed with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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Examples of Filial Piety: Min Ziqian Freezes in a Grass-Padded Coat Obeying His Stepmother

2005-04-05

Stories about exemplary filial conduct abound in Chinese history. Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety were chosen and compiled by Guo Jujing from the Fujian Province during the Yuan Dynasty while he was mourning the death of his father. He recounted the feats of filial children towards their parents from the age of the primordial Emperor Shun down to his own era.

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Painting: Sleeping Beauty

2005-04-04

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Music: Gods Returning to Their Rightful Places

2005-04-03

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Reconsidering Pre-historic Culture Based on Giant Figures and Other Historical Sites Unearthed in Peru

2005-04-03

In the 17th Century, a Spanish missionary discovered an underground tunnel in Guatemala, Central America. It extends about 1000 kilometres under the Andes Mountains. In order to protect the tunnel so that it will be excavated only when humankind has mastered enough science and technology, the entrance of the tunnel has been sealed by the Peruvian government and is tightly guarded. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has listed this tunnel as a world cultural relic.

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Poem: Moon-light Pond

2005-04-02

Sever the connection to the groundOh heart, untiedUnboundSway - and move through wavesAnd above the cloudsPast levels of restrictions no more aloud.

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