Thursday, November 18, 2010

Technology Review: A Back-of-the-Panel Boost for Solar Power

 

Scientists suggest that cancer is purely man-made

 

Love Makes You Increasingly Ignorant of Your Partner | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Why it's hard to crash the electric grid

 

Detroit | Palladium Boots

 

Scientist at Work - Dr. Abraham Verghese - Restoring the Lost Art of the Physical


Technology Review: China's Rare-Earth Monopoly



Celebrating Boomboxes, the ‘Instant Parties’ of the ’80s - NYTimes.com

 

World's longest tunnel breaks down Swiss Alpine barrier (Update 2, Pictures)

 

BBC News - German radar satellites fly tight space waltz

 

Peak Everything | Inspired By You

 

Wealth Matters - Studying the Elite, Whether They Like It or Not - NYTimes.com


Garage biotech: Life hackers : Nature News

 

Rescued Miners’ Secrecy Pact Erodes in Spotlight - NYTimes.com

 

Bacteria 'R' Us | Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Miller-McCune.

 

Killer of Aspen Slows, but Worries About a Beloved Tree Remain - NYTimes.com

 

Study: Future droughts will be shockers - U.S. news - Environment - Climate Change - msnbc.com

 

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Technology Review: A Cell-Phone Network without a License

 

Study Warns of Bond Risk as Water Becomes Scarce - NYTimes.com

 

In Kansas, Climate Skeptics Embrace Green Energy - Series - NYTimes.com

 

Slows Bar-B-Q in Detroit Has Renewal on the Menu - NYTimes.com

 

Who Lives There - A Home in the Pyramid Atop Seattle's Smith Tower - NYTimes.com

 

Midnight Snack 204 - Gangs | Flabber


Making Ignorance Chic - NYTimes.com

 

Noam Chomsky Interview (Oct. 12th, 2010) 1/2 Video

 

Noam Chomsky: Israels Loyalty Oath, War Crimes in Fallujah, and more Video

 

Automation Insurance: Robots Are Replacing Middle Class Jobs - Business - GOOD

 

Longing for the Lines That Had Us at Hello - NYTimes.com

 

Plunging Mortgage Refinancing Rates Aid the Thrifty - NYTimes.com


Biotechnology in North Carolina: After tobacco | The Economist

 

Technology Review: Chinese Chip Closes In on Intel, AMD

 

China's New Wave: Music Festivals - Video Library - The New York Times

 

The middle class in Africa - Boing Boing

 

New Keith Morris video: "I Don't Belong" - Boing Boing

 

19th century New York City was knee-deep in trash - Boing Boing


Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport - Boing Boing

 

Machiavelli Is Everywhere - Boing Boing

 

BBC News - Randy Quaid and wife request asylum in Canada

 

Once Banned, Dogs Reflect China’s Rise - NYTimes.com

 

Public Housing Repairs Can’t Keep Pace With Need - NYTimes.com

 

YouTube - RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism


Algenol's Algae-to-Ethanol Delivers 67% to 87% Reduction in CO2 : TreeHugger

 

Science Helps Conserve Paul Thek’s ‘Untitled’ at Whitney - NYTimes.com

 

How King Cobra Maintains Its Reign - NYTimes.com

 

'Hydraulic fracturing' mobilizes uranium in marcellus shale

 

As Arctic warms, increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change

 

When Hormone Creams Expose Others to Risks - NYTimes.com


Corruption perceptions: The usual suspects | The Economist

 

BBC News - North Koreans in Japan remain loyal to Pyongyang

 

waz.euobserver.com / Five thousand roses to clean soil in polluted Macedonian city

 

The Great Chemical Unknown: A Graphical View of Limited Lab Testing: Scientific American

 

BP dispersants 'causing sickness' - Features - Al Jazeera English

 

Can the U.S. Rare-Earth Industry Rebound? - Technology Review


The Great Unwashed - NYTimes.com

 

How to Make an Engineering Culture - NYTimes.com

 

Optimization at the Intersection of Biology and Physics - NYTimes.com

 

A Safety Kink in Hair Relaxing? - Skin Deep - NYTimes.com

 

Farmers Replace Corn with Weeds, and Make Money Doing It : TreeHugger

 

From Farm to Fridge to Garbage Can - NYTimes.com


For Some Bushmen, a Homeland Worth the Fight - NYTimes.com

 

Fear Darkens Czech Uranium Mining Town - NYTimes.com

 

How the AK-47 Rewrote the Rules of Modern Warfare | Magazine | Wired.com

 

BBC News - Canadian officials see through 'unbelievable' disguise

 

Microsoft vs. Software Piracy - Inside the War Room - NYTimes.com

 

The China Education Boom on U.S. Campuses - NYTimes.com


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Rachel Corrie’s Family Continues Battle in Israeli Courts - NYTimes.com

 

Adding Cabbie Know-How to Online Maps - Technology Review

 

Nanogenerator Powers Up - Technology Review

 

At Legal Fringe, Empty Houses Go to the Needy - NYTimes.com

 

Rare-Earth Minerals Hold Promise for Seabed Mining - Science in 2011 - NYTimes.com


Dangerous chemicals in food wrappers likely migrating to humans: study

 

Danish sailors make insane harbor entry in high seas - Boing Boing

 

One-Factory Town, a Soviet Holdover, Faces Extinction - NYTimes.com

 

Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold? - Features, Food & Drink - The Independent

 

BBC News - Location, location and how the West was won


Gold Hits Nominal Record as Investors Seek ‘Hiding Place’ - NYTimes.com

 

Life in Shadows for Mentally Ill in China - NYTimes.com

 

California's whales suffer sunburn - environment - 10 November 2010 - New Scientist

 

Chinese acquisitions: China buys up the world | The Economist

 

Study shows brass devices in plumbing systems can create serious lead-in-water problems

 

Alcohol damages much more than the liver


Why Making Dinner Is a Good Idea | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

275-foot tower in Ohio blasted for demolition falls in wrong direction - Boing Boing

 

Nazis Were Given ‘Safe Haven’ in U.S., Report Says - NYTimes.com

 

Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants - NYTimes.com

 

BBC News - Capitalism's tough reality for many Russians

 

Countdown to 'thermogeddon' has begun - environment - 11 November 2010 - New Scientist


Blood bubbles promise new treatments for brain disease - health - 12 November 2010 - New Scientist

 

Assertive Chinese Held in Mental Wards - NYTimes.com

 

Video: Quantitative Easing Explained | Credit Writedowns

 

The Story of Stuff

 

CC licensed Dutch documentary on California and the subprime meltdown - Boing Boing

 

Europe Fears Debt Crisis Is Growing - NYTimes.com


The 'Israelification' of airports: High security, little bother - thestar.com

 

Miami Catches First Case of Dengue Fever in 50 Years : TreeHugger

 

Molecular Animation - Where Cinema and Biology Meet - NYTimes.com

 

Pittsburgh Bans Fracking, Eliminates Some Rights of Corporate Personhood With New Ordinance : TreeHugger

 

Vitamin C: A potential life-saving treatment for sepsis

 

China’s Censorship Backfires in ‘Li Gang’ Case - NYTimes.com


Engineered Bacteria Can Fill Cracks In Aging Concrete | Popular Science