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Intel’s Barrett: Teachers Matter More Than PCs - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

In ‘The Way You Work’ David Macaulay Explains That Most Remarkable Structure - the Human Body - NYTimes.com

David Macaulay’s “The Way We Work” is an illustrated guide to the body’s vast array of architecture, chemical reactions and moving parts.

The Street Artist Shepard Fairey Moves Closer to the Mainstream but Is Still Rebellious - NYTimes.com

This year, Shepard Fairey, a star in the world of street art, has earned a new level of mainstream attention.

Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak'

PhysOrg.com: Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.

When seeing IS believing
PhysOrg.com: New research published in the journal Science explains why individuals seek to find and impose order on an unruly world through superstition, rituals and conspiratorial explanations by linking a loss of control to individual perceptions. The research finds that a quest for structure or understanding leads people to trick themselves into seeing and believing connections that simply don't exist.

Models of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology takes it to a cellular level. Applying modern engineering design tools to one of the basic units of life, they argue that artificial cells could be built that not only replicate the electrical behavior of electric eel cells but in fact improve on them. Artificial versions of the eel’s electricity generating cells could be developed as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices, they say.

This is your grid on brains

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Managing power networks in the future may involve a little more brain power than it does today, if researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology succeed in a new project that involves literally tapping brain cells grown on networks of electrodes.

Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway | Top Stories | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington

Your trusted source of Seattle Washington breaking news and top stories, King5.com, K5 coverage coverage you can count on as your trusted source. See live video for the latest news in Seattle Washington.

Solar Paint on Steel Could Generate Renewable Energy Soon

In three years, buildings covered in steel sheets could be generating large amounts of solar electricity, thanks to a new photovoltaic paint that is being developed in a commercial partnership between UK university researchers and the steel industry.

Fiber Composites: Materials Of Green Energy Production : TreeHugger

The trade publication Plastics Technology Online has an excellent technical article on the manufacturing of wind turbine blades. Awesome reading if you are a wind-industry insider. Or, if you have a degree in chemistry or chemical engineering. The scale

Battle in Seattle (2007)
Directed by Stuart Townsend. With Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson. Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sites

Advertising - Brainy Brand Names Where They’re Least Expected - NYTimes.com

Publications like The Atlantic and The Economist emphasize cleverness in marketing campaigns to seek readers and advertisers.

Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners

PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is.

Researcher investigates ancient geology to understand human development, climate change

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- To figure out how ancient humans adapted to their environment and constructed civilizations, you need to know the environment in which they lived -- including climate change over thousands of years.

Plant Tweak Could Let Toxic Soil Feed Millions | Wired Science from Wired.com

Thanks to a genetic breakthrough, a large portion of Earth's now-inhospitable soil could be used to grow crops -- potentially alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile

A seven-year-old boy is filmed killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile at a popular zoo in Australia.

globeandmail.com: Sewage pipeline provides home for rare sea life
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Food for thought -- regulating energy supply to the brain during fasting

PhysOrg.com: If the current financial climate has taught us anything, it's that a system where over-borrowing goes unchecked eventually ends in disaster. It turns out this rule applies as much to our bodies as it does to economics. Instead of cash, our body deals in energy borrowed from muscle and given to the brain.

Form of Crohn's disease traced to disabled gut cells

PhysOrg.com: Scientists report online this week in Nature that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder.

Carole Cadwalladr explores the dark side of Dubai | World news | The Observer

As two Britons face jail for indecent behaviour Carole Cadwalladr explores the dark side of Dubai

Ocean Acidification Conference: Acidity Up 30% Since Industrial Revolution - Producing Toxic Assets For The World : TreeHugger

The 2nd Symposium on the ocean in a high CO2 world, is being held at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco from 6th to 9th October, 2008, attended by 250 scientists from 32 countries . 'Under the patronage of Prince

Film - The Box-Office Gamble of ‘Body of Lies,’ Another Drama Set in the Mideast, Starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio - NYTimes.com
Can “Body of Lies,” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, finally make the Iraq war entertaining?