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Did You Hear the One About the Bankers?
Scientists pinpoint the brain circuitry linked to making healthy or unhealthy choices
World’s most powerful laser to tear apart the vacuum of space
Site reveals the human slavery behind your stuff
Politics, Pizzas and Pessimism
The disconnect between the seriousness of our angst and the silliness of our politics — between how big our problems are and how hopeless or just plain stuck the people who are supposed to address them seem — defies belief. Right now the system isn’t working, and a recognition of that is one of the ties that bind Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party. They don’t identify the same villains or promote the same solutions. But they’re flowers of a shared frustration.
Victories and Questions Pile Up for Paterno
Joe Paterno, 84, has coached Penn State to a 7-1 record. His contract expires at season’s end.
Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle
The Path Not Taken
But a funny thing happened on the way to economic Armageddon: Iceland’s very desperation made conventional behavior impossible, freeing the nation to break the rules. Where everyone else bailed out the bankers and made the public pay the price, Iceland let the banks go bust and actually expanded its social safety net. Where everyone else was fixated on trying to placate international investors, Iceland imposed temporary controls on the movement of capital to give itself room to maneuver.
Global Warming May Push Seaweeds Over the Edge
Continued warming in the oceans around Australia could have dramatic effects on the seaweed that live in these waters, pushing their ranges south, and eventually, off the continental shelf. Changes in seaweed communities could have dramatic effects on other living things, since seaweeds provide habitat and food. Above, the Australian seaweed Pterocladia retangularis. CREDIT: Thomas Wernberg
What should Wall Street do?
The finance industry needs a better response to the protest movement attacking it
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