hint: 1996 Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Once worked for Atari You HAVE used his invention.[...]
Archive for May, 2011
May 12th, 2011 - 7:54 am § in Environment
Climate shifts ‘hit global wheat yields’
By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News Shifts in the climate over the past three decades have been linked to a 5.5% decline in global wheat production, a study has suggested. A team of US scientists assessed the impact of changes to rainfall and temperature on four major food crop[...]
May 12th, 2011 - 7:23 am § in Environment
The AVE CHALLENGE: Why does the world need to know the number 350?
a. the number of people being born every 30 seconds. b. the number of votes required to get the UN Gneral Assembly to override a veto. c. a target level for carbon in the atmosphere. d. the number of days in a year when the average temperature is above historic values. e. the number of […][...]
May 12th, 2011 - 7:15 am § in America
John Demjanjuk, Guantanamo?
John Demjanjuk’s Guantanamo Ed. While GW Bush’s creation of Guantanamo violated all my senses about the rule of law, the need for something better than ordinary law to deal with war criminals is quite real. Read this story of the agony of crimes and punishment over a half century after[...]
艾未未 Why is the Western Art World so Quiet About Ai Weiwei?
SPIEGEL spoke with German curator Roger Buergel, who helped Ai Weiwei on his path to stardom, about why artists have remained so passive. (excerpted) Buergel: I think that most of them are glad to be rid of Ai Weiwei. SPIEGEL: Why? Buergel: Ai Weiwei succeed[...]
May 11th, 2011 - 9:15 am § in Misc.
Swedish Insect Threatens New Epidemic
Swedish insect shoots larvae into victims’ eyes A bumble bee-resembling fly hovering in front of your face could be an elk bot fly preparing to shot larvae into your eyes, as the insect which until recently was only found in the north of Sweden is migrating south. READ[...]
May 11th, 2011 - 7:15 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge
The man in this image rediscovered important ideas of: 1. Gregor Mendel 2. Akhnaton 3. Sigmund Freud 4. Benjamin Franklin 5. Leonardo da Vinci click on image for the answer. (hint, the man’s brother’s name was Armin von *******-*******egg.)[...]
May 11th, 2011 - 7:14 am § in Misc.
One Million Apply for 62,000 Jobs…with McDonald’s
Ed. Republican notions of trickle down might be fine if we were living in a colonial era. Victorian era England and mid 2oth century America added great value to the raw materials and low skilled labor the ruling powers took from their colonial subjects. Today, however, the world has a [...]
May 11th, 2011 - 6:42 am § in Religion
Earth Will Be SRO, Before 2100!
from National Geographic, by Robert Kunzig One day in Delft in the fall of 1677, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek… became a bit obsessed . Though his tiny peephole gave him privileged access to a never-before-seen microscopic universe, he spent an enormous amount of time looking at spermatozoa, as they�[...]
Scottish National Party ousts Labour in political upset
from China.org.cn: Victory for the independence-minded Scottish National Party in the Scottish parliamentary election last week could have far-reaching consequences for the United Kingdom and beyond.[...]