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BBC NEWS | Technology | TED on porn, malaria and robots [via claudio]
Bill Gates shocks the so called TEDsters attending the world famous brainstorming conference by releasing mosquitoes into the audience
Technology Review: Blogs: Potential Energy: NASA's Climate Satellite Crashes Back to Earth
From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society
Technology Review: TR10: Biological Machines
Michel Maharbiz's novel interfaces between machines and living systems could give rise to a new generation of cyborg devices.
Technology Review: TR10: Traveling Wave Reactor
A new way of fueling reactors could make nuclear power safer and less expensive, says John Gilleland.
Technology Review: TR10: Liquid Battery
Donald Sadoway conceived of a novel battery that could allow cities to run on solar power at night.
MCE-5 Variable Compression Ratio Engine: 1.5-Liter With Torque Like a V8! : TreeHugger
Increasing Engine Efficiency and Power Most of us are probably anxious to get rid of internal combustion engines (ICE) and move on to electric motors. Unfortunately, refining a technology until it is affordable and performs well enough for the
Square Feet - Manhattan Towers Gather Their Own Heat for Power - NYTimes.com
A way of recycling wasted heat is gaining popularity in a few big Manhattan buildings, which are building cogeneration plants.
New Yorkers Try Composting With Worms - NYTimes.com
An increasing number of New Yorkers have been taking up the challenge of turning their fruit skins and eggshells into nutritious compost.
Magnets might dissuade crocodiles from settling in neighborhoods
Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.
To Save Animals, Put a Price on Them | Wired Science from Wired.com
Rather than relying on warm, fuzzy feelings to protect animals, conservationists suggest appealing to something more reliable: greed. By selling financial contracts pegged to species health, the government could create
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
Get Wired's take on technology business news and the Silicon Valley scene including IT, media, mobility, broadband, video, design, security, software, networking and internet startups on Wired.com
Gallery - The next generation of mirrors - Image 1 - New Scientist
Superhuman: The secrets of the ice man - life - 24 February 2009 - New Scientist
How do you survive swimming in sub-zero water wearing nothing but swimming trunks? New Scientist asks a man who has made it a habit
Obama Budget Taxes Richest to Help Pay for Health Care - NYTimes.com
President Obama’s budget will include tax increases on the affluent and credits for low and middle-income people, marking a pronounced shift in the American tax burden.
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending - NYTimes.com
Experts worry that cities aren’t ready to oversee the energy-efficiency money coming their way.
Technology Review: The Doctor Kiosk
An automated health-care interface aims to streamline preventative screening.
In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth - NYTimes.com
Questions about the importance of the liberal arts in a complex and technologically demanding world have taken on new urgency.
The sun is a star when it comes to sustainable energy
At a national scientific meeting last week where biofuels - principally ethanol - were uniformly trashed as an environmental train wreck, one bright, carbon-free light gleamed in our energy future: the sun.
Without Tears, Is There Still Sadness? | Wired Science from Wired.com
Now you see sadness, now you don't. A new study has found that removing just the tears out of pictures of people crying reduces the sadness that viewers perceive in
Alt Text 21: Snarking Validation - Video - Wired
Have you ever suspected you're the only intelligent person on the planet? If only there were some way of proving it so that you can get the adulation and free beers you deserve.
What the Stimulus Bill Means for High-Speed Rail | Autopia from Wired.com
The whining about who got what in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill is well underway, but you won't hear many complaints from high-speed rail advocates. They walked away with
Science News Examiner: UCLA team creates functional neurons from adult somatic cells
UCLA team creates functional neurons from adult somatic cells by local Science News Examiner expert, Meg Marquardt.
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TG Daily - Marvell's Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server
TG Daily, Marvell's Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server
A Serbian Photographer's Memories of Belgrade - Photo Essays - TIME
In his new book, Serbian photographer Boogie explores the memory of the city he left behind
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