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This is a pale grass blue butterfly, one of the most common species of butterfly in Japan. Recent research has revealed major impacts on this species from the radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Credit: Joji Otaki, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan (14 August)       Following the 1986 Chernobyl... 

(19 Aug) Clive Palmer has launched an extraordinary attack on China's government, calling them "mongrels" who "shoot their own people". Clive Palmer (Source: Wikipedia) The head of the Palmer United Party was being asked about his legal battle against a Chinese state-owned company on the ABC's Q&A program last night. Mr... 

Offerings for hungry ghosts (19 Aug) - For one month every year, Singapore takes a hiatus from its reputation as a squeaky clean city to feed the hungry ghosts during the annual Chinese festival. During Hungry Ghost Month, the seventh month on the Chinese lunar calendar, the gates of hell open, allowing the ancestors' ghosts...