Look out for the 125mph electric car (because you won't hear it)

"It looks as stylish as a Lotus, can outpace a Porsche 911 and is coveted by Hollywood A-listers such as Brad Pitt and George Clooney. But unlike the average super car, the Tesla Roadster is electric. The £92,000 car, made in Britain and...

NBA FINALS: Celts' Big Three Adds Up to Close Win

It was close. In fact, it was 98-88 for the Celtics' against the Lakers in the first NBA final game. Things were looking grim for the Celtics when their big shooter Paul Pierce was carried to the locker room for a...

Networks: 'Turning Point,' 'Major Blow' to Bush Again?

"Republican Senator John Warner's call for the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Iraq by Christmas was trumpeted by the broadcast network evening shows Thursday night: CBS's Katie Couric touted a “major blow tonight...

Olafur Eliasson Exhibition at SF Moma: Take your time

"Widely heralded as one of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory experiences. Challenging the passive nature of traditional art-viewing, he engages the observer as...

Hydroxymethylfurfural - A Substance For The Ages :: Oblate Spheroid

"Oil has become the root substance of our modern society. The compounds not only fuel our automobiles, they are the building blocks that form plastics and chemical compounds that make modern life easier. Corn and...

Mubarak's Scathing Foreign Critics-Time Magazine

"Mubarak's Scathing Foreign Critics Posted by Scott MacLeod | Comments (2) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This No wonder Egyptian officials are so testy. Rarely has a Western Arab ally been so slammed by Western governments, think tanks and media as President Hosni...

Loves Linux, Runs Windows

European governments have long complained about their dependence on Microsoft's software, but their rhetoric has not turned into a mass migration away from Windows.During the past few years, Europe's elected officials have made a lot of noise about ambitious projects to...

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