Scientists create transparent, thin plastic strong like steel

""It`s as green as you can imagine," he said, adding that the material is also quite cheap to produce. The plastic could be used to reduce the energy required to separate gasses in chemical factories, improve...

Blue Areas On The Red Orb :: Oblate Spheroid

"A deeper analysis of the images taken on Mars surface (JPL website) stir the debate on whither there is standing water … puddles of water on Mars. In a report to be published in the journal IEEE Xplore, R. L....

Inquest into LAPD clash with May Day protesters begins

A May Day protest in LA that turned violent has become the subject of an investigation for the LAPD. A preliminary report was just released, and is to be followed up by the Police Chief going in front of council today. The main issues seem to centre around a lack of control...

At What Price, Democracy?

At What Price Democracy? From the United States to Scotland, from to Turkey to Syria to Israel and from Zimbabwe to Nigeria; they are all examples of Democracy gone awry. A growing culture of impunity that...

THE ART OF DEFENSE: Design strikes defensive posture

Not so long ago, architects were obsessed with the notion that globalism, the Internet and sophisticated new building technologies were opening the way for a more fluid, transparent landscape in which walls would...

Jimmy Wales Gives Talk on Free Culture, Transparency, and Search

Following Cory Doctorow's talk about 2 weeks ago on, "The State of the Copy Fight", Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia gave a lecture during Evan Korth’s Computer’s and Society course at NYU on "Free...

HMRC. Review of Links with Large Business

The Chancellor has today announced the outcomes of the 2006 Review of Links with Large Business, chaired by Sir David Varney, former Chairman of HMRC. The review addresses key business concerns through proposals which will deliver: * Earlier certainty about the tax...

Princess Diana Inquest Under Way

"The British inquest into Princess Diana's death in a 1997 car crash in Paris resumed Monday with a plea from her sons that conclusions be reached quickly. "It is their desire that the inquest should not only be open, fair and transparent but that it should move swiftly to a...

BoingBoing: Google "disappears" sex blogs?

"A number of bloggers who cover topics related to human sexuality say they've suddenly disappeared (or at least been deeply demoted) in Google search results. Popular "indie" blogs that deal with nonfiction sex ed...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Undersea Mystery: What in the world is It? (Image)

From Norway's Aftenposten: A mysterious gelatinous ball has puzzled and fascinated researchers after undersea photographer Rudolf Svensen spotted it while diving at the mouth of the Matre fjord in Hordaland,...

Transparent Street Signs

"Cayetano Ferrer is a Chicago based artist whose work involves (among other styles) painting street signs with the images of the items immediately behind them, to give the illusion of transparency (depending on what angle you're viewing from). The latest campaign by Amnesty...

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