Earth, August–October, 2011, as seen from the International Space Station: Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo. Can anyone spot Spearfish in that video?
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Doug Wiken revs up my spreadsheet with his response to a new Time article that challenges the Republican mantra that regulation kills economic growth. Reporter Stephen Gandel compares economic growth over the last five years with the World Bank's rankings…
Michele Bachmann was right! The effort to phase out incandescent light bulbs really is a Communist plot... Chinese Communist! China announced Friday it will phase out incandescent light bulbs within five years in an attempt to make the world's most…
Fellow bicyclists, you should order yellow green and red racing jerseys with the name Arturas Zuokas on them. Zuokas is the mayor of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Mayor Zuokas takes bike lanes and respect for parking laws very seriously:…
Last weekend's New York Times had a wonderful story about creative cultural development in Perm, Russia. Perm was one of the Soviet Union's "closed cities." Westerners couldn't go there; Perm didn't even appear on Soviet maps. The Soviets built tanks…
Exxon says it just discovered 700 million barrels of oil 250 miles southwest of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. That's enough oil to completely meet United States oil demand for 37 days. Exxon may be hoping its math…
Remember the moisture farm Luke Skywalker grew up on? If Luke changes his mind about the whole Jedi thing, it appears he could come back to work on new moisture farms in Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabians will soon be able…