Hot, flat, obsessed
Thomas Friedman's new book calls for action: tell him how to write the last chapter More …
SpaceX is in space
The first privately-funded space flight had a successful launch today. Here’s the YouTube vid. I wonder just how much of the budget goes into placing those onboard cameras. More …
Interview with an angel
NZ Angels posts the last of its series of interviews with political parties on investment and innovation, this time with the Nats’ Bill English. Earlier: Labour’s Pete Hodgson, Rodney Hide of ACT, the Greens’ Russel Norman and a bizarre ... More …
The birds and the bees
3First, it was the honeybees. Now it's common birdlife. Like the storyline in some creepy old-fashioned sci-fi short story, nature is slowly disappearing ... More …
Mike Wallace interviews Aldous Huxley
As relevant today as it was 50 years ago, Aldous Huxley talks about threats to freedom in the United States, overpopulation, bureaucracy, propaganda, drugs, advertising and television. Interview is approximately 30 minutes long More …
Who killed the economy?
Fannie and Freddie? The oil sheikhs? You decide with this interactive knock-out chart. More …
Air France may acquire high-speed trains
Air France has been losing market share for domestic travel to the train system for years and is now looking to buy AGV trains which can clock up speeds of 574.8 km/h More …
Oddest book titles
Need I say more? More …
Anti-theft lunch bag
A cheap DIY solution guaranteed to be more effective than those passive-aggresive notes More …
Below-the-line win for 42
“I wish the Prime Ministers were here to see the importance of the job we do. In times of economic troubles we are the ones who make people happy,” Those were the closing words of Francesco Lafranconi, judge of the ... More …
Why we drink
Let us utilise the Powerpoint approach for the philosophical answer. More …
Cuddle a particle
Speaking of the LHC, you can now cuddle up to your own Subatomic Particle plushie—like the elusive Higgs Boson—from the Particle Zoo. More …
Sustainability is Better By Design
2Despite sustainability being the driving theme of this year’s Better By Design CEO Summit, I struggled to spot the swag of archetypal tree-hugging men donned in leather sandals More …
Ridiculously photogenic
Even if the Large Hadron Collider does turn out to be a doomsday device, never mind—it sure is pretty. More …
The rain in Spain falls mainly in the weekends
At last! Scientists are working towards ensuring we have better weather in the weekends. More …
