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It took a weird climate change to affect Washington for the US President Mr. George W. Bush to think that it’s about time to take action. For years, the president and his supporters argued that not enough was known about global warming to do anything about it. But during last week’s State of the Union address Bush finally referred to global warming as an established fact.

“These technologies will help us be better stewards of the environment, and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change,” Bush said in proposing a series of measures to reduce gasoline consumption by 20 percent in 10 years.

I personally find it kind of odd for the president of one of the world’s greatest producer of greenhouse gas to take action only now. They do admit that their country is polluted and yet they used to say that they don’t have enough knowledge about global warming in order for them to prevent it. Sure, there are some nitty-gritty details that the scientists don’t yet understand about global warming but I think the basics are enough, less pollutants in the atmosphere = better world. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Even my 5-year old daughter would agree to that.

Anyway, I’m glad that they’re finally taking action. Being a global leader, I’m pretty sure that other countries such as the Philippines (where I live) would follow their lead (I hope).

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Have you ever seen a comet? Doesn’t matter if have or haven’t because there is a comet that has been steadily brightening for the past week that astronomers all over the world are tracking. A few days ago, you have to look for a place with a clear view of the horizon and wait until sunrise or sunset to see it but Comet McNaught has brightened so much that it can now be seen during broad daylight! The comet is pretty near the sun so be careful not to stare at our eye-burning star.

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Who knows where technology can bring human civilization — and art…

A microscopic version of Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Thinker’ was recreated by Korean researchers using lasers. The miniature model is only about twice the size of a red blood cell, more or less 20 millionths of a meter high. Muscles and even toes are visible on this very tiny model - the world’s smallest!

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As if one face is not enough, a cow with two faces was born in Virginia last December 27, 2006. A product of artificial insemination which was supposed to create a genetically superior specimen, this cow appears to be, well, genetically superior indeed.

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