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Are Cities at Sea a solution for Climate Change Concerns? »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 5 months ago in News
Cities at sea have long been a libertarian dream, but concerns over climate change have now pushed the idea on to the environmental agenda. Do ...
(read more)Read (72) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Opinion: Culture Elite's Protection of the Obamas »
Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 year, 5 months ago in News
To watch the contortions over that New Yorker cover cartoon of the Obamas is to understand whom it is impermissible to offend in the America ...
(read more)Read (432) | Share | Discuss (21) | Read Full Story at sfgate.com
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10 Web 2.0 Ideas that Failed »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
With all of the hype surrounding Web 2.0 companies like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, it's easy to forget that lots of Web companies ...
(read more)Read (55) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at fastcompany.com
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Bashing business »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 5 months ago in Business & Finance
Slovakia continues to enjoy stellar economic growth, but local businesses are increasingly unhappy at the anti-enterprise policies of Prime Minister Robert Fico's populist administration.
(read more)Read (57) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at economist.com
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A Canadian gadget that may save the world »
Posted by: idyll 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
In two years, a suitcase-sized telescope will boldly soar into space on a mission to detect crashing asteroids before it's too late
(read more)Read (85) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at theglobeandmail.com
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Pendulum inside a skyscraper »
Posted by: idyll 1 year, 5 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
There's something about discovering a gigantic pendulum inside a skyscraper that makes my imagination reel. It's as if the whole structure is a ...
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Vermont OKs the Creation of Virtual Corporations »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Ah Vermont, that lovely New England state known for its maple syrup, Ben & Jerry's ice creamââ;¬Â¦and now, limited liability corporations that only exist online.
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90 Amazing USB Gadgets (Part I) (SUPER GALLERY) »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
These days, it seems everyone has at least one flash drive. The problem with that, and any object that 's become ubiquitous, is that its ...
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom »
Posted by: idyll 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
When this man said the world's economy was heading for disaster, he was scorned. Now traders, economists, even Nasa, are clamouring to hear him ...
(read more)Read (78) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at business.timesonline.co.uk
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Fight Club in Union Square? »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 6 months ago in Style
Likely inspired from an overly testosterone-fueled love for "Fight Club", a group of young men have been (loosely) organizing Fight Club-like competitions in New York ...
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Three Words That Could Overthrow Physics: "What Is Magnetism?" »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
The standard model still doesn't describe magnets' spooky action at a distance.
(read more)Read (37) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at discovermagazine.com
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Online Market Lets Companies Buy and Sell Ideas »
Posted by: americo888 1 year, 7 months ago in Business & Finance
Small businesses looking to find a hot idea -- or trying to sell a hot idea to a big company -- are about to get some help.
(read more)Read (99) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at online.wsj.com
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Coca-Cola's 'toxic' India fertiliser »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 7 months ago in News
Waste product from a Coca-Cola plant in India which the company provides as fertiliser for local farmers contains toxic chemicals, a BBC study has found.
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10 Dumb Ideas that Made A Lot of Money »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 7 months ago in Humor
People will buy anything, no matter how dumb. Pet rocks and singing fish sold out of the store and while no one will admit to ...
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Saudis Face Hurdle In New Oil Drilling »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 7 months ago in News
Next year, Saudi Arabia will turn the spigots on the largest oil field to come online anywhere in the world since the late 1970s. But ...
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