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Europeans tend to be skeptical about the consumption of genetically modified foods and there is strong consumer pressure, supported by the Green parties, to ban farmers from growing GM crops in the European Union (EU). However 5.5 million farmers worldwide, mainly in the US, Argentina, Canada and China, now grow GM crops covering more than 50 million hectares, an area the size of Spain. Other Asian countries such as India are enthusiastic and Indonesia is about to join the GM club, so despite the Europeans, GM crop growth is increasing globally.

• Attitudes worldwide to GM foods

• Environmentalists’ reaction

• Growing importance of GM foods

• Reactions to GM cotton

Park'n'Shop and Wellcome allow distribution of the GM newsletter, but a spokeswoman said this did not necessarily imply active approval of GM foods, adding they had previously helped the government deliver a series of education leaflets, posters and information on SARS and dengue fever. "Our policy on GM food is neutral" she said.

• Legal implications

• Supermarkets’ policy

• Environmentalists’ reaction

• Reactions to GM cotton

E) India is also pleased with its high relative yields of GM cotton and generally, yield increases in the developing world are turning out to be much higher than those of the 'first' world. It is understandable therefore, that developing countries are keen to embrace GM foods and farming methods, whilst many western farmers and consumers remain skeptical.

• Attitudes worldwide to GM foods

• Environmentalists’ reaction

• Supermarkets’ policy

• Differing yields in developing and ‘first’ worlds

Emphasis then shifted to maximizing efficiency and comfort during long-term stays on space stations and developing reusable spacecraft. The latter resulted in the space shuttle fleet but encountered a major setback when the U.S. spaceship Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986.

• Man on the moon

• More satellite uses

• Space shuttles

• The future and the spiritual

A great advantage of putting satellites into space is the ability to look back at Earth (Landsat1 went into polar orbit in 1972). Large-scale photos enable observation of land masses, oceans and weather patterns, remote regions can be mapped in detail and electromagnetic cameras return a wealth of useful data, for example infrared images which allow researchers to discriminate between healthy crops and diseased ones.

• Earth watching

• Development and production challenges

• Man on the moon

• The future and the spiritual

People have always dreamed of leaving planet Earth and exploring outer space. Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was launched in 1957. A human being went into space in 1961. Nowadays, aided by huge technological advancements, astronauts spend up to a year on orbiting space stations and robotic explorers have visited nearly all the planets in our solar system.

• Development and production challenges

• Earth watching

• From Sputnik to now

• More satellite uses

In Ukraine, The Kiev Funicular serves the city of Kiev, connecting the historic Uppertown, and the lower neighborhood of Podil up the steep Volodymyrska Hill overseeing the Dnieper River. The funicular was constructed during 1902-05.

• A record breaking funicular

• A funicular for commuters

• Definition of a funicular

• A practical solution to reach hillside residences

The basic idea of funicular operation is that two cars are always attached to each other by a cable, which runs through a pulley at the top of the slope. Counterbalancing of the two cars, with one going up and one going down, minimises the energy needed to lift the car going up. Winching is normally done by an electric drive that turns the pulley.

• Definition of a funicular

• Challenges in building a funicular

• A funicular for commuters

• How a funicular works

A funicular is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope. The ascending and descending vehicles counter-balance each other. Funiculars of one sort or another have existed for hundreds of years and continue to be used for moving both passengers and goods.

• Definition of a funicular

• How a funicular works

• A method to help the upper car move the lower car

• Challenges in building a funicular

One in five teens uses more than six hours of screen media each day, and 18% of teens are looking at their screens for more than 10 hours a day. Often they’re doubling up on screens, watching television on one while chatting with friends on another

• Most young people spend too much time looking at screens.

• Teens can look at more than one screen at a time.

• Kids with smartphones watch less TV.

• TV and music are not losing popularity.