Is world’s shortest man this 22-inch-tall Nepalese 72-year-old?

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Guinness World Records says Filipino Junrey Balawing is the world's shortest man, at 23.5 inches tall - meet 22-inch-tall Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal

Nepal Residents Feed Endangered Birds at Vulture ‘Restaurants’

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By Gopal Sharma PITHAULI, Nepal (Reuters) - In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down. [More]

Solar Energy’s Potential Is Hottest In The Planet’s Coldest Regions

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Think the best place for solar panels is the desert? Think again. In Antarctica, the sun shines 24 hours a day

A Sherpa’s View of Melting Himalayan Glaciers

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NAMCHE BAZAAR, Nepal -- By this time next month, Kancha Sherpa will, once again, become a busy man. At 79, he is the last man living among the 103 guides who accompanied the famous mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary on the first successful 1953 expedition to Everest. Come peak tourist season in this ancient village of Internet cafes, Nepali crafts and gear shops that serves as the gateway to Mount Everest Base Camp, Kancha Sherpa will be besieged by journalists and climbers alike eager to hear his memories of the ascent

Himalaya glaciers shrinking on global warming, some may disappear

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By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in time to come, researchers in Japan said on Tuesday. [More]

Adapting Aid to a Changing Climate

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In the middle hills and Terai belt of eastern Nepal, a village spent a rare government donation -- about $3,000 -- to build a well that local leaders hoped would relieve the community from acute water stress. But they lacked an understanding of regional groundwater trends, and within three months, the tap dried up

How Lasers Can Help Save the World’s Forests

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I’ll never forget a conversation I had 15 years ago with paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould.

Donna Karan’s Exotic Travels Define the Home Collection

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Designer Donna Karan collaborated with Lenox to create the Donna Karan Lenox Limited Edition, a collection of numbered home designs inspired by Karan’s exotic travels and featuring many old-world craft techniques. The handmade pieces include handcrafted authentic ceremonial bowls made from six different metals in a village in Nepal; mango ...