Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists - CNN.com →
The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between... →
Researchers debate warming, hurricanes - Yahoo!... →
Intelligence drugs could be 'common as coffee' |... →
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its...
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? →
Einstein was right: space and time bend | UK News... →
The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.” —William Gibson
– Apr 15th
Arctic's tropical past uncovered →
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Neal Anderson of the Automotive... →
Egalitarian motives in humans →
Relatively Deprived →
Where has all the antimatter gone? →
Analyzing the Economic and Budgetary Effects of... →
John Frum and the Cargo Cults →
Why Not a Wind-up Car? →
Hero's tale is 'too positive' for the BBC →
Hero’s tale is ‘too positive’ for the BBC By Chris Hastings, Arts and Media Editor, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:56pm BST 07/04/2007 Amid the deaths and the grim daily struggle bravely borne by Britain’s forces in southern Iraq, one tale of heroism stands out. Private Johnson Beharry with his Victoria Cross Private Johnson Beharry with his Victoria Cross Private... Apr 9th
Ajay Kapur, global strategist at Citigroup, and his research team came up with the term “Plutonomy” in 2005 to describe a country that is defined by massive income and wealth inequality. According to their definition, the U.S. is a Plutonomy, along with the U.K., Canada and Australia. In a series of research notes over the past year, Kapur and his team explained that Plutonomies have three basic... Apr 8th
Citigroup Plutonomy Stocks Portfolio →
In the cover story of its January 22nd edition Barron’s delves into the ever growing gap between the rich and poor, and how investors can benefit from its above average growth in recent years. One approach, if investors believe that this trend is to continue, is to invest in a basket of luxury good stocks that Citigroup has assembled. To quote the article: “Citigroup, among other firms, has... Apr 8th
Microsoft is Dead →
A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo. I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of Microsoft. That was why they’d positioned themselves as a “media company” instead of a technology company. Apr 8th
Looking back at three years of Web 2.0 investing →
Venture Hacks — An entrepreneur’s guide to hacking... →
There’s always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and...
Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts -... →
OpenLaszlo | the premier open-source platform for... →
EMI, Apple To Sell DRM-Free Music for $1.29/song →
Legal guitar tabs return to the web →
How to live on $1 a day. - By Tim Harford - Slate... →