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Sep 24 2008
There are two articles about Sarah Palin on Google Knol, the search company’s abysmal new Wikipedia-like reference guide. One of them is a mess: Just a few hundred words long, the article is fraught with factual and grammatical error
Sep 24 2008
Once upon a time, wedding bands were plain gold, or more likely gold plated. Their value was in the symbolism. “Look, I’m married!” or “Forget him; he’s married.” Today many who tie the know want something that also symbolizes their...
Sep 24 2008
A $10 million first round of funding, has been reported by VentureBeat, led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Best Buy Venture Capital and others. The Ashland, Ore.-based developer of the Enertia, , says that the proceeds will be enough to allow it...
Sep 24 2008
A leading urogynaecologist has spoken out against the growing popularity of cosmetic vaginal surgery.
Sep 24 2008
A Syrian-born airline pilot allegedly tricked a schoolteacher from Haverfordwest into having sex with him by pretending he had to administer ointment on the end of his penis, a jury heard yesterday (Tuesday).
Sep 22 2008
Newly discovered bacterial alchemists could help save billions of plastic bottles from landfills. The Pseudomonas strains can convert the low-grade PET plastic used in drinks bottles into a more valuable and biodegradable plastic called PHA.
Sep 20 2008
Google’s brand name value jumped from 20th place last year to 10th in 2008, according to the latest version of an annual study that ranks the best brands, with only four technology companies ahead of it on the list.
Sep 20 2008
By the year 2100, global warming likely will cause the extinction of numerous species by eliminating the climate zones in which they are able to live.
Sep 20 2008
While seeking votes, she told Ketchikan residents she backed the ‘bridge to nowhere.’ As governor, she spent the money elsewhere and moved ahead with a $26-million road to the nonexistent bridge.
Sep 18 2008
Genomatica, a San Diego-based sustainable chemical company, announced today that it has developed a process to make an important component of plastic without the use of petrochemicals.