7th annual Site SantaFe Biennale is an operation in dissecting the expansive network of the art industry to reveal the internal workings beneath the "as usual" display case facade. With an exhibition design by TWBTA to boot. NYT View full entry
Wired examines a new sewage purification plant in California that will create pure bottled water quality water from waste. Currently the plant sends the purified water into the aquifer, at rate of 70 million gallons a day. However, this could be increased to a total of 140 million... View full entry
Recycling sewage is safe and efficient, so why aren't we doing it? Slate View full entry
Just a few years ago, (the United states of) America’s hold on global power seemed unshakable. But a lot has changed while we’ve been in Iraq — and the next president is going to be dealing with not only a triumphant China and a retooled Europe but also the quiet rise of a... View full entry
Artist Ryan Watkins-Hughes talks with Brian Lehrer about his adventures in shopdropping - the act of covertly placing altered merchandise on display in a store. So listeners, be on the lookout: that can of chick peas in aisle 5 might actually be a work of art. Listen @ WNYC View full entry
"In 2004 Dmitriy Plaks and several of his fellow students at the University of West Georgia tested whether sound waves can douse fires in hopes of using sound to extinguish flames in a spacecraft. They placed a candle in a large topless chamber with three bass speakers attached to the walls. The... View full entry
When "stand-up philosopher" Slavoj Zizek calls for "repeating Lenin" or praises Robespierre's defence of terror, some observers might be tempted to ask whether his entire intellectual oeuvre is not just some kind of act. eurozine | play fuckin' loud View full entry
What happens when blogs turn to print? Well Thomas Jones from the London Review of Books has a few predictions. View full entry
Cheers! The more successful you are, the more you drink, research finds... independent View full entry
Fans of the great outdoors can now watch many of the world's most powerful geysers erupt via Yellowstone National Park's first live streaming webcam. Reuters View full entry
It is one of the wonders of the world. It covers 550 sq m, took three years of back-breaking work to create, and has been marvelled at by millions. Now, a controversial study is throwing new light on the 'inspiration' behind Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece. Independent View full entry
One Sunday, several months ago, early risers gazing at Czech Television’s CT2 channel saw picturesque panoramas of the Czech countryside, broadcast to the wordless accompaniment of elevator music. It was the usual narcoleptic morning weather show. Then came the nuclear blast.NYT View full entry
Virgin Atlantic's Richard Branson unveils two projects: 1-The vessel that may make commercial space flight a possibility. NYT 2- A plan to take a test airplane flight from London to Amsterdam using an 80-20 biofuel solution in an effort to reduce the industry's environmental impact. Mother Jones View full entry
Traveling through 15 countries, Kevin Connolly, who has no legs, discovered that people stare the same everywhere, but what they see may be different. CSM View full entry
Nicholas Carr looks at how computing has become a basic utlity just as electricty did at the turn of the 20th century. "The displacement of workers by machines is nothing new. But whereas industrialisation created far more jobs than it destroyed, computerisation is taking a very different course... View full entry