The Lumpen Proletarian

They’ll Take Manhattan, in Cash - NYTimes.com

With the yen and euro rampant, it’s hard for New Yorkers to feel cosmopolitan.

Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans’ Decline - NYTimes.com
The explosion of jellyfish populations reflects overfishing, rising sea temperatures and pollution, scientists say.

In Germany, a City’s Famed Industry Now Helps Keep It Afloat - NYTimes.com

With their low fuel consumption, zeppelins are enjoying renewed attention in an era of high fuel prices.

This Land - In the Hills of Nebraska, Change Is on the Horizon - NYTimes.com

In the agricultural town of Ainsworth, the newest crop is hard to miss: wind turbines, 36 of them, sprouting improbably from the hills beside ruminating cattle.

Observatory - Fossils Add More Proof of Global Climate Shift - NYTimes.com

Fossils uncovered from the Antarctic form the basis for further understanding of global cooling that occurred during the mid-Miocene epoch.

Saving our bees: Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators

PhysOrg.com: Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in the reproduction of more than half of the world's flowering plants. In recent years, however, an unprecedented and unexplained decline in bee populations across the U.S. and Europe has placed the health of ecosystems and the sustainability of crops in peril.

Undersea 'black smokers' found off Arctic: Swiss scientists

PhysOrg.com: Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the ocean floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday.

Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration
PhysOrg.com: Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.

Gallery: San Francisco Cable Cars Still Humming on 19th-Century Tech

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Welcome to the Age of Air Rage | Autopia from Wired.com

Safety violations, nakedness, violence, sexual assault, dead amphibians and general nastiness: welcome to the 2008 summer travel season. We warned you that flying this summer was going to be hell,

Will Iran help doom $100B space station? -- OrlandoSentinel.com

The international space station, a $100 billion symbol of global cooperation, might become a casualty of U.S. opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Sea unearths secret Nazi bunkers that lay hidden for more than 50 years | Mail Online

Four Nazi bunkers have been discovered on a beach following violent storms.

Author of Disaster Preparedness Book Stocks Up - NYTimes.com

Kathy Harrison, who believes in home preparedness, has readied her own home for a worst-case scenario -- be it a flood or a nuclear or bioterrorist attack.