Blending With Your Feet

"The Make blog has some neat ways to blend almost anything using pedal power. The idea to make all these pedal powered blenders came from a Starbucks where customers blended their own drinks by pedaling."

Empty the Landfils?

"Recycling is becoming easier with new technologies, techniques and other innovations, which means that we can start reusing discarded items that have ended up in landfills. The recycling and reuse sector of the American economy has grown so much that it currently employs as...

The Rebbe on Intolerance

"Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to exist. Intolerance without cause. It is so deep within us, because every human being secretly desires the entire universe to...

Students Breach Great Firewall of China!

"The great firewall of China is an internet firewall which blocks people living in China from viewing certain websites and content on the internet. For example, if you type in Falun Gong in a search engine (a religious group banned in China) it will not show any content. This...

Nativetext Translates RSS Feeds

"Nativetext is a great idea for spreading information across languages. THey have a novel “hight-tech” solution to all this needed translating. “Using a new kind of distributed supercomputing, foreign language translation is performed by a network of humans...

UK Readies for Biggest Wetland

"The United Kingdom is going to make their largest human-made wetland to help endangered birds. Biodiversity is a fantastic thing and needs to be protected, so it is great to see such a large investment in helping birds live. It is also hoped that the wetland will help...

So Long Sonar

"A judge has ruled that the navy of the United States can no longer use sonar because it harms those creatures of the wet. The judge agreed with environmentalists that the use of SONAR during military procedures can “kill, injure, and disturb many marine species,...

Kuwaiti Election: Mixed Results

"Kuwait just had its first election that women could run and vote in, which is more than a little late. Better late than never I guess. Not only did women get the vote (and were 57% of the electorate), the people of Kuwait has send a clear message to their government by...

Placing Blame for Mexico's Ills

The economic policies of the U.S. are at the heart of Sunday's presidential contest.

Legalizing Human Trafficking

Current WTO negotiations threaten to worsen the already precarious lot of migrant workers around the globe.

Globalization and animals

"And how does globalization effect pets? Very badly, I would say. First world families adversely affected by globalization downsize amenities for their pets; those affected positively pass on marginal benefits. On the other hand; as families in developing countries get...

An Immigration Policy Ruled By Fear

There are about 12 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States.