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Scientists Discover Two Extremely Hot Extra-Solar Planets
2004-07-13During the past ten years, astronomers have confirmed that the Solar System is not unique because they have now discovered over 120 giant planets orbiting other stars. It is a rare discovery to find new planets, not to mention giant planets that orbit extremely close to their parent stars. Astronomers have not been able to explain this strange phenomenon. -
Poem: Diamond
2004-07-13Refining, polishingOur each and every facetTowards diamond-like perfection. -
Photo: Radiant Lotus Flower
2004-07-12 -
Artwork by an Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioner: Presenting Birthday Peaches
2004-07-11 -
Female Vocal: Our Predestination
2004-07-11Our Predestination Oh, my friends! Are you tired on the journey of life?Why not take a rest and listen to the song I am going to sing for you. -
Photo: Stunning Lotus Flower
2004-07-10 -
Poem: Horizons to Heart
2004-07-10Turning sights inward,Unblinding the eyes,What skies would describe your heart?Turquoise blue or clouded grey, Closer to boundless horizonsOr confined, still worlds apart. -
Music: Proud Plum Blossom Amidst the Winter Snow
2004-07-09 -
Stories from Ancient China: The Fate of Emperor Tai Zong Is Seen In a Dream
2004-07-09That same night, another government official named Feng Changming had a dream. In the dream, he went to a place where the dead gathered. Feng Changming asked, “According to Buddha’s scriptures, the good and the bad will be rewarded accordingly. Is this true or not?” The dead answered, “Of course it’s true.” Then Changming asked, “What will happen to someone like Fu Yi who does not believe in Buddhist scriptures after he dies?” The dead answered, “The good and the bad will surely be rewarded accordingly. As for Fu Yi, he has already been condemned to the Ni Li circle of hell.” -
Photography: Majestic Lotus Flower
2004-07-08 -
Poem: All Encompassing
2004-07-08From the birth of stars To the ends of time,From the depths of the heartTo the heights of an untainted mind… -
Poem: Here and Elsewhere
2004-07-07The persecution against millions of Falun Dafa students in China, This relentless brutality and injustice here, Surely the magnitude of such evilMust appear almost boundless elsewhere. -
The Development Of Robots In Ancient China
2004-07-07Ancient Chinese mechanical engineering technology was very advanced. Distinguished mechanical engineers at that time were able to create many marvellous types of robots. For example, King Mu (976 – 922 B.C.) of the Western Zhou Dynasty (10th century - 771 B.C.) once conducted an inspection tour of the west of his empire. A skillful artisan named Yan Shi made a robot to entertain King Mu during the inspection tour. This robot could sing and dance like a real person. It also had extremely realistic organs, bones, muscles, joints, skin and hair -
Photography: Lotus Flower
2004-07-06 -
Poem: Relinquish
2004-07-06To relinquish our calm of mind,Our reason and sobriety,And we strengthen the reigns Of our ‘lesser’ nature.