The grim assessment, entitled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World”, comes from the National Intelligence Council, an independent government body. The report concludes that by 2025, “The U.S. will remain the single most important actor but will be less dominant.”
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
Google CEO Touts Green Energy Shock Doctrine
At a talk in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, the head-honcho of the Search Engine That Walks Like a Verb did see a green lining in the current financial crisis: an opportunity to “stimulate the economy” by launching an ambitious infrastructure program that aims to fundamentally alter the American energy system.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
Uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign
Passions flared in a Maine town on Thursday over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
Brain Reorganizes to Adjust for Loss of Vision
A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate by reorganizing its neural connections. Age
–related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
Fannie, Freddie Suspend Evictions During Holiday Season
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced yesterday that they are temporarily suspending foreclosures and evictions during the holiday season in an effort to keep people from losing their homes.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
Should we clone a Neanderchimp?
With a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome due around Christmas season, some reports speculate on the prospect for a Neanderthal-human hybrid or the more ethically palatable chimpanzee-human mashup.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
National Museum of American History Reopens After 2 Years
$85 million, 2 years, and this is what you get….
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
20 Best Brains in Science Under 40
Young innovators are changing everything from theoretical mathematics to cancer therapy.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
12 myths about how the Internet works
IP has continued to evolve, but no one has been carefully documenting all of the changes, says Dave Thaler, a member of the Internet Architecture Board. The following list of myths about how the Internet works is adapted from Thaler’s talk.
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i don’t know where they got these ideas. they are completely off base, and many don’t make sense.
Nov
22
2008
22
2008
The evolution of the benevolent alien
In its bid for our ticket-buying dollars, Hollywood has long sought to reach into our pockets by giving us films that appeal to our current sense of hopefulness or fearfulness.
