[Crowd-powered] Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patent process

AKA "Peer-to-patent", this process posts patent applications online for the public to review, helping to uncover cases of "prior art" and obvious ideas that shouldn't be patented, and helping the Patent Office to cut down on mistakes and through paperwork."WASHINGTON (AP) --...

Urban farming takes root in Detroit - This might solve the world food price r...

Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...

Intelligence in the Wild Kingdom

" Throughout history, intelligence has often been considered a quality unique to humans, but that conventional wisdom has been shattered over the years as research continues to turn up examples of animals, birds and fish that can develop vocabularies, communicate and even...

Clinton Wins in WV 67%, Obama 26%

Clinton Campaign email to WV Voters"After tonight's tremendous victory here in West Virginia, it's clear that the pundits declaring this race over have it all wrong. The voters in West Virginia spoke loud and clear -- they want this contest to go on. I'm listening to the...

Understanding Maoist’s victory in Nepal

"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...

Are we selling ourselves short? Work less by charging more?

Instead of working all these hours in order to make a living or sustain it, should we charge more.Are we selling ourselves short by underestimating the value of our time and work to others.

The thinking behind a social startup

Yes, yes, yet another startup in the social networking space. And pre-launch too. Yawn. But this might be different - it is worth reading the intro because it is hype free. And because blog reading is better than working!The story is here.

Because of fear and anger of those in control pain is inflicted: and everyone...

Suffering is the product of confusion, anger, and fear, as a result of bullying and extremes in violence; behaviour is taken for granted in most western societies according to street, and school behaviour, and producers of violent television programmes. The...

Jesus loves you

Your church is really dark up front. Have you noticed how you are always in the shadows?Leave it to a Wisconsin visitor to rub salt into a familiar wound. The contractor who built the original church changed the plans to give the ceiling above the altar a tilt. I said go for...