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There's gold in Japan's landfills - Times OnlineJapan's high-tech rubbish dumps - the vast “urban mines” of landfill outside
every big city - have grown so huge that the country now ranks among the
biggest natural resource nations in the world.
P i c t u r e s: Ridiculous Tattoos Of Celebrities
ABC News: How Genes Pick Our Mates for Us
How Our Genes Pick Mates for Us
Abroad, Bailout Is Seen as a Detour From Capitalism - NYTimes.com
In rescuing A.I.G., Washington has not only turned away from decades of rhetoric about the virtues of the free market, it has also likely undercut future efforts to promote its market policies abroad.
Snip! Nearly One-Fifth of Homes Have No Landline - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Look, Ma, No Hardware: Cisco’s Virtual Switch - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Berkeley Approves City-Backed Loans for Solar Panels - NYTimes.com
The loans, offered to to property owners who install rooftop solar-power systems, would be paid off over 20 years as part of the owners’ property-tax bills.
Benchmark cyanobacterium sequenced could be cheap renewable energy source
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations — photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation — in one little cell during two distinct cycles daily.
It's Faster, Cleaner and Cheaper, But Can REGINA Save Swedish Rail? | Autopia from Wired.com
Sure, Swedes end up handing half of what they earn over to the government, but look what they get in return: universal health care, sparkling cities and world-class meatballs. Sweden
PsyBlog: Why Loud Music in Bars Increases Alcohol Consumption
Crows make monkeys out of chimps in mental test - life - 17 September 2008 - New Scientist
New Caledonian crows seem to be able to use causal reasoning to solve problems, something not seen in any other non-human animal
Lost middle-class tribe's 'secret' eco-village in Wales spotted in aerial photograph taken by plane | Mail Online
For five happy years they enjoyed simple lives in their straw and mud huts. Then they were spotted by a plane and a mammoth planning row ensued.
Google and General Electric Team Up on Energy Initiatives - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Skin Deep - Questions on the Safety of an Herbal Therapy - NYTimes.com
The health industry has questions about metals like lead, mercury or arsenic being found in ayurvedic supplements.
Rules Near for Animals’ Engineering - NYTimes.com
The Food and Drug Administration is expected on Thursday to announce proposals for regulating the meat and milk from genetically engineered animals.
You Just Can’t Kill It - NYTimes.com
Goth style endures, in high school and in high fashion, because alienation will always be chic.
Computers figuring out what words mean
PhysOrg.com: The Internet got smarter this week with the release of a semantic map that teaches computers the meanings behind words -- and gives the machines a vocabulary far larger than that of a typical US college graduate.
'Baby' fat cells may be key to treating obesity
PhysOrg.com: Immature, or 'baby,' fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in mice.
From Sugar to Gasoline
PhysOrg.com: Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals.
Volvo Thinks Locusts Can Make Us Safer Drivers | Autopia from Wired.com
Volvo is determined to build an injury-proof car by 2020, and the engineers working out the bugs developing so complex a vehicle hope to include a few as well. They're
Labour costs | You're fired | The Economist
What it costs to sack a worker
Ark - a short animated film by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Marcin Kobylecki
City uses DNA to fight dog poop | Lifestyle | Reuters
PETAH TIKVA, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners. Under a six-month trial program launched this week.
Seventh-grader shines with solar cell research
In Box: The Poppy Trade
Posterity Post
Ron Rivera, Potter Devoted to Clean Water, Dies at 60 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Mr. Rivera pioneered ceramic water filters that cut in half the incidence of diarrhea, a leading cause of death in the third world, especially among children.
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