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The World Bank's East Asia and Pacific blog has a good update on the most recent China quarterly forecast. The Bank's official forecast for 2008 China...
This week, the Spanish Parliament approved resolutions calling on the executive to comply with the Great Ape Project, which seeks to extend many human...
As anyone who has built a tower out of blocks or LEGO knows, as they get taller, the more small movements at the base can be magnified into...
Current research delves into how eating, physical activity and health map onto personal mobility accross urban spaces and regions. He argues (below)...
The New York Times reports on a new Pentagon program to make more systematic use of social scientists....
The BBC reports that Kid Rock believes iTunes doesn't pay enough to the artists, and has resisted offering his tracks through the service. (However,...
Last fall, I reported on Alberto Barabasi's research using mobile phones to track large-scale human mobility patterns after seeing him give a paper on...
MAS Holdings claims to have built the world's first carbon-neutral garment factory in Sri Lanka. The plant will make underwear for Marks & Spencer in...
While you all are at Green Health, I'm wondering "why can't I watch this on the web like every other big live event in California today?"...
Dopplr now not only tracks your trip, but helps you calibrate your guilt. If we can get everyone to use this, we could not only keeps track of each...
I don't think it offers anything better for formal meetings, but Stickam might be a way for us to experiment more with using video to do virtual...
A Japanese team of researchers, led by Keio University biosciences and informatics professor Junichi Ushiba, has created a system that allows a...