I know they call it The Doomsday Vault, but I think it’s a brilliant example of what a bit of imagination and globabl co-operation can achieve.
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in […]

Call me old fashioned, but I still think is science, good science is essential. Not only for economic growth (which it is) but also for the general good knowledge confers.
Leaving the pros and cons of either candidate aside for a moment (please?) it’s good to see the Democrats getting so far out in front […]

This is a great video, and nicely summarizes what all this wasteful, no-bid, mercenary-laden warfare is bringing us.

Of course, this is not a new way of looking at war and war industries.No one less then that great appeaser, President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself appears to have shared those views:

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Just yesterday, I reported that the latest developments in the Sibel Edmonds case were the biggest story so far this year.
Okay, let’s qualify that as the biggest Political story, because Craig Venter’s “creation” of a bacterial genome probably tops it. Rick Weiss in the Washington Post reports:

Scientists in Maryland yesterday said they […]

January 11, 2008
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The icon of America’s SUV passion falls victim to stubbornly high gas prices and an increasingly stringent regulatory climate.
By the Financial Times
Americans bought more Toyota Prius hybrid gas-electric hatchbacks last year than Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicles, the top-selling SUV for more than a decade.
The change of fortune, buried in U.S. […]

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The upgrading of American infrastructure is, of course, one of the big issues facing local government throughout the United States.
Nicole Gelinas, a reporter with Boston’s City Journal has done a terriffic job unraveling the maze of spectacular engineering feats and budget overruns of Boston’s “Big Dig”, as a primer in what not to do.
Although, […]