NOVA scienceNOW: ASTEROID

The asteroid might hit Earth in 2029! What a terrible thing! I just want to not happen this collision. Today I saw the news about Japan earthquake. Aftershocks will continue to rock the country for a long time after this earthquake. We can't avoid the nature disaters like hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, etc. But scientists say that we might be possible to prevent an asteriod. We must to strive to prepare from a powerful asteroid hitting and should be spend more money for reserching how to slow down an asteroid.

The Foreign-Born Population in the U.S.

According to the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the 2003 Current Population Survey, the civilian noninstitutionalized population in the United States included 33.5 million foreign-born, representing 11.7 percent of the U.S. population. Historically, the foreign-born population increased during each decade until 1930 and then declined until 1970. Over half-one of the foreign-born population is from Latin America. Central Americans form a growing share of the foreign born from Latin America. And one-quarter of the foreign-born population is from Asia, nearly one-seventh of the forign born are from Europe. More than one-quarter of the foreign born is from Mexico. Most of the 10 leading countries of birth of the foreign-born population are in Latin America and Asia. Historically, European countries and Canada were the leading countries of birth of the foreign-born population.

Introduction

Hi, I'm YOON form Korea.

I've been in Seattle for three months, I came to here for Enligh studying.
I graduated from University in Korea, and I worked at Panasonic about for 3 years.
So, I'm older than you guys. :-( Actually, I can speak Japanese which was my major in university, I've had an experience already to stay oversea. But I think that Japan and in the U.S. are different. During in Seattle, I'd like to make a lot of friends(include American friends also) and experience many things. Definitely, I want to develop my English skill. :)