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Technology Review has a great piece on how open source alternatives to Twitter are emerging, pointing the way to a future of distributed microblogs...
If the Greenland icecap sees an even-more-significant melt, how soon do you need to pack your bags and head for the high...
Here is an article that Kristi wanted to share with y'all.
From SciDev.Net today, we learn that "the presidents of the Mercosur member countries have signed a five-year plan for science, technology and...
This fall, the Institute for the Future invites you to play Superstruct, the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. It’s not just about...
A new article in Nature argues that current models for estimating extinction risks underestimate the impact of forces beyond birth-death ratio and...
This article from Research Policy provides an excellent analysis of the particular problems of trying to create globally-competitive clusters in...
The Boston Globe has a profile of MIT's Hugh Herr, a specialist in the development of prosthetic limbs. As is typical for current articles about...
The Anglican Church -- generally known as the Episcopal church in the US, and the Church of England in, well, England -- faces a growing likelihood of...
John Thackara has a good piece on the Adobe Design Center Think Tank site about the potential and need of good HCI design for travel substitution....
The Sundance Channel aired an interesting new documentary last night called "The Great Warming". What's interesting about it is that it examines how...