Technology Review: Personal Rapid Transit StartupSmall, automatic electric vehicles will be demonstrated in two new projects.
Checking In - Hotel Designs With Cinematic Flavor - NYTimes.com
Films as dark as “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining” have served as inspiration for boutique hotels in New York.
Economic View - Go Ahead and Save. This Is the Government’s Problem. - NYTimes.com
Government is in a far better position than consumers to provide immediate economic stimulus.
Video Game Review - Call of Duty - World at War - From Activision, Play That Blasts Enemies but Pricks Consciences - NYTimes.com
Call of Duty: World at War balances the exciting action of a conventional shooter with a frank acknowledgment of war’s brutality.
Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide - NYTimes.com
High unemployment rates have led to protests in countries as varied as Latvia, Chile, Greece and Iceland and to strikes in Britain and France.
Mixed population provides insights into human genetic makeup
Genetic diseases and genetically mixed populations can help researchers understand human diversity and human origins according to a Penn State physical anthropologist.
Paris digs deep to harness Earth's green energy
A major new project is under way in Paris to provide ecologically clean heating for an entire district by extracting piping hot water from nearly two kilometres under the earth.
Global Shipping Industry Makes World Flat — Biologically | Wired Science from Wired.com
CHICAGO — The global shipping industry hasn't just tied together the world's nations economically, but biologically, too. The average Great Lakes port, such as Chicago, is only an average of
'Post-War Myths': The Logic Behind the Destruction of Dresden - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
For years, the anniversary of the World War II bombing of Dresden has been a rallying point for neo-Nazis eager to accuse the Allies of war crimes. But, British historian Frederick Taylor explains, there was a clear military rationale behind the attack.
Biotechnology's potential barely exploited: scientists
New research tools will bring a boom in biotechnology that will unlock the enormous potential of using synthetic life to cure disease and develop environmentally friendly fuels, scientists say.
U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship - NYTimes.com
The new effort, the first since the Vietnam War, will target immigrants on temporary visas, giving them a chance to become citizens in as little as six months.
Damn Interesting » In Soviet Russia, Lake Contaminates You
The Next Slum? - The Atlantic (March 2008)
The subprime crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements.
USATODAY.com - China makes ultimate punishment mobile
China is slowly phaisng out public executions by firing squad in favor of letha injections, but unlike the United States and Singapore, the only two other countries where death is administered by injection, China metes out capital punishment from...
Science News / Sponge’s Secret Weapon Restores Antibiotics’ Power
Bacteria treated with compound lose their resistance
A New Gang Comes to Los Angeles: Solar-Panel Installers - WSJ.com
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