Why Do Some People Never Forget a Face?

Science Daily (Dec. 2, 2011) — “Face recognition is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it,” says Beijing Normal University cognitive psychologist Jia Liu. But what accounts for the difference? A new study by Liu and colleagues Ruosi Wang, Jingguang Li, Huizhen Fang, and […]

More women kidnapped for brides

BEIJING – China is witnessing an increasing number of foreign women who have been cheated, kidnapped and smuggled into the country, a senior official has said. Most of these women are from rural areas in Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos. They eagerly want to find jobs in China or marry rich […]

Unesco faces cost of Palestine vote

by Mathieu van Berchem in Paris, swissinfo.ch The United Nations culture agency is dealing with the financial consequences of a political decision taken in October – a funding shortfall of 22 per cent. On October 31 the United States suspended its financial contribution to Unesco after Palestine was admitted as […]