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Empires Built on Debt Start to Crumble - NYTimes.com

In the global financial crisis, no community of the superaffluent has fallen as hard, or as fast, as the brash Kremlin-connected insiders.

Observatory - Worm Grunting - A Mystery Solved - NYTimes.com

Researchers have provided an answer to why vibrations made with a stake driven into the ground can cause earthworms to come to the surface.

Exhibition Review - 'Climate Change' - Apocalypse Now, via Diorama, at American Museum of Natural History - NYTimes.com

If the End of Days were going to be portrayed in a museum exhibition, it might look like the array of natural disasters that can be found at “Climate Change” at the American Museum of Natural History.

Armyworms attacking pastures, wheat in Texas

PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- Texas farmers are once again battling armyworms and the voracious creatures are attacking fields and pastures in formidable numbers.

When under attack, plants can signal microbial friends for help

PhysOrg.com: Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered that when the leaf of a plant is under attack by a pathogen, it can send out an S.O.S. to the roots for help, and the roots will respond by secreting an acid that brings beneficial bacteria to the rescue.

Waste from gut bacteria helps host control weight, researchers report
PhysOrg.com: A single molecule in the intestinal wall, activated by the waste products from gut bacteria, plays a large role in controlling whether the host animals are lean or fatty, a research team, including scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center, has found in a mouse study.

The Hypocrisy of the World Wildlife Fund's Eco Tour | Autopia from Wired.com

Lush plant life and exotic wild animals. Formal dinners and luxury accommodations. Twenty five adventurous days in 11 different countries, all reached by private jet. Sounds like a great vacation,

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The other man on the podium

When Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a gloved Black Power salute on the Olympic podium in 1968 it sent a shockwave through sport. But what happened to the other man on the platform?

China photographs all internet cafe customers | The Australian

ALL visitors to internet cafés in Beijing will be required to have their photographs taken in a stringent new control on the public use of cyberspace.

Financiapocalypse: Automaker Lays Off Detroit Office With Blog Post

var digg url 'http digg com autos The New Pink Slip Tesla Nixes Employees Via Blog' UPDATE Tesla notifies Detroit

Coffee can make women's breasts smaller: Swedish study - The Local

Women who drink a lot of coffee may see their breasts become more petite, according to the results of a new Swedish study.

Scrap Life - Pakistan with Robert Knoth | Greenpeace International

YouTube - Ghetto Defendant by The Clash

- IMAGE -Movie: Rude Boy - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081441/- MUSIC -Band: The Clash - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_clashAlbum: Combat Rock - http://e...