Sunday's debate offered the presidential candidates an opportunity to touch on one of the most important questions facing this nation and every other country on Earth: How can we curb global warming to avert the catastrophic effects that the scientific community warns will follow?

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By Li Thian-hok 李天福
On March 22, the Taiwanese should vote for freedom, not servitude. Vote for hope, do not stay away in despair.

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By J. Michael Cole 寇謚將
Time and again, a handful of individuals in US academia have accused the Bush administration of either abandoning Taiwan or not doing enough to protect it. Again last week, the same pundits issued a report, Strengthening Freedom in Asia: A Twenty-First Century Agenda for the US-Taiwan Partnership, that at first glance seemed to indicate that Taiwan has friends in high places.

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The blue pill that can cure male impotence was a startling discovery when it was launched in 1998. But while it has changed the relationships of millions of people, it has also played a major role in many breakups
By Amelia Hill and Robin McKie
It was the drug that transformed the sexual landscape. Before Viagra, impotence meant shame and often the collapse of all but the most committed relationships. The discovery of its startling ability to restore men's faded sexual function triggered a social revolution as monumental as that caused by the contraceptive pill.

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By Jeffrey Sachs
Earlier this month, the US National Academy of Engineering released a report on "Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century." The goal is to focus attention on the potential of technology to help the world address poverty and environmental threats.

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Recently, Penghu has been suffering. Continuing low temperatures are believed to have caused the death of more than 3,000 tonnes of fish, costing local aqua farmers NT$800 million (US$26 million) in lost revenue. Large numbers of dead fish have been found along the coast, including rarely seen creatures like striped anglerfish. Is this just the result of a long-lasting cold spell? As a young person in Penghu, I doubt it. I believe that the catastrophe is partly the consequence of the "KCN [potassium cyanide] poisoned sea" incident of 2006.

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