Monday, August 3, 2009

Don't underestimate the self-reliance of Windsor
Now that the dust has settled and the wailing and gnashing of
teeth has subsided, please stand and

Hair length a 'shear' economic indicator?
The Bank of Canada has declared the hairiest days of the recession over, but those holding the household

TheStar.com | News & Features | Flu scare a boon to body-bag sales
The Toronto Star

TheStar.com | Insight | Big trouble in China's Chocolate City
The Toronto Star

Rice Biodiversity Techniques Remain Intact in Rural Thailand : TreeHugger
photo: Food Mapping As with other high yield crops like rice, meant to feed large groups of people on the cheap, domesticated crops are chosen to be grown in mass often leaving the crop’s biodiversity in jeopardy. But thanks

Oceans 11 meets Flipper: Don’t Miss "The Cove" : TreeHugger
'Special ops' crew hide cameras from Taiji, Japan authorities to catch dolphin hunt. Photos courtesy of The Cove The fate of 23,000 dolphins is in your hands, says Flipper’s old trainer Ric O’Barry who’s devoted years to ending the

Alec Soth, Trolling for Strangers to Befriend - NYTimes.com
Alec Soth has created a photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers. His latest road trip explores the habitats of American monks, hermits and survivalists.

Family planning a major environmental impact
Some people who are serious about wanting to reduce their 'carbon footprint' on the Earth have one choice available to them that may yield a large long-term benefit - have one less child.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey demolition goes wrong
A plan to demolish a building in Cankiri, central Turkey went badly wrong when the 25 meter high structure rolled over onto its roof.

YouTube - Vortex Cannon! - Bang Goes the Theory Preview - BBC One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bangJem Stansfield builds a vortex cannon to blow a house of bricks over.More about this episode: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ly58z

Gallery - Exploited Earth: The Prix Pictet photography prize 2009 - Image 1 - New Scientist

Damn Interesting • The Windscale Disaster
A collection of damn interesting things.

An Underwater Fight Is Waged for the Health of San Francisco Bay - NYTimes.com [via claudio]
A costly intruder from Asia, known as wakame, has arrived in San Francisco’s fertile waters, threatening native kelp, marinas, boats and mariculture like oyster farming.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel condemned over evictions [via claudio]
The US leads international condemnation of Israel after it evicts nine Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem.

Chinese Town Poisoned by Batteries : TreeHugger
Even if 'hysteria' may be to blame for some environmental illnesses in China, state media are unequivocal about the poisoning of citizens who live near a chemical plant in the town of Zhentou.Health checks on nearly 3,000 people living

Warning: Oil supplies are running out fast - Science, News - The Independent
The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading energy economist has warned.

Technology Review: Less May Be More for Wind Turbines
Nordic Windpower's two-bladed rotors depart from conventional wind-power design.

Technology Review: Solar Industry: No Breakthroughs Needed
The solar industry says incremental advances have made transformational technologies unnecessary.

Abroad - At the Louvre, Many Snap but Few Focus, and Mona Lisa Smiles On - NYTimes.com
Watching people look at art rekindles a question: What exactly are we looking for when we wander museums?

Basics - Finally, the Spleen Gets Some Respect - NYTimes.com
Scientists have found that the spleen plays a more important role in the body’s defense system than anyone suspected.

Tsonjin Boldog Journal - Genghis Khan Rules Mongolia Again, in a P.R. Campaign - NYTimes.com
The 13th-century ruler has been rebranded in Mongolia on everything from an international airport to mugs, with a focus on his lighter side.

New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results -- literally shrinking the lab ...

Britain To Put CCTV Cameras Inside Private Homes | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest

Iedereen is een muzikant | Flabber
Alsof het nog niet duidelijk was: Bobby McFerrin is briljant. In twee minuten laat hij hier zien hoe muziek, in dit geval de pentatonische

New Microbe Strain Makes More Electricity, Faster
In their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, scientists supervised the evolution of a new strain that dramatically increases power output per cell and overall bulk power. It also works with a thinner biofilm than earlier strains, cutting the time to reach electricity-producing concentrations on the electrode.

The Associated Press: New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon


1 comment:

  1. Gittes,

    Last night was the "iron ring" ceremony at U of W.

    I had four Club Clair EE grads being "ringed".

    I was a spectator and then attended the banquet.

    I was pleased to have witnessed another milestone achieved by those young men.

    claudio

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