A toilet which flushes to the sound of Italy's national anthem has been impounded by police in northern Italy, sparking great patriotic debate. BBC View full entry
If you're in the U.S., remember to vote today - and to take lots of pictures: it's the Polling Place Photo Project of 2006. "The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that seeks to empower citizens to capture, post and share photographs of democracy in... View full entry
Obesity has long been blaimed on the sprawling lifestyle of the suburbs. But are people made fat by where they live or live where they can be fat? LAtimes reviews recent scientific articles on the subject... View full entry
Yesterday's NY Times Magazine has an excellent pseudo biographical article-interview on artist Kiki Smith by Michael Kimmelman. View full entry
Companies like IBM are being forced to sit up and take note of these digital realms, 3D worlds populated by onscreen representations (avatars) of real life people, as they gain more and more popularity. Second Life, the digital poster child of the virtual universe, has a population of more than... View full entry
A memorial, designed by Georges-Henri Pingusson, to victims of the Nazis, makes some wonder if it was a tragedy Paris would rather forget. Read. View full entry
Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate is accelerating.bbc View full entry
At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States is still a superpower. But it's a superpower facing competition from beyond its borders as well as internal difficulties. Its lower and middle classes are turning out to be the losers of globalization. Spiegel l Part of Spiegel's War for... View full entry
Peter Weller and Harris Yulin to appear in new play by Richard Nelson, directed by Robert Falls, set in 1923 as Frank Lloyd Wright finds himself as a pivotal point in his career. The production receives its premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on December 5th. Read all about it here. View full entry
The frescoes are like a list of offerings -- with a sexual position to satisfy everyone's preferences. The brothel in the ancient city of Pompeii is once again open for visitors. Spiegel View full entry
GoogleBlog lays out the ups and downs to having your trademark become common language. Do you "Google?" View full entry
New York City-based housing and human rights activist/journalist Brad Will dead Friday after being shot in Oaxaca filming the expanding turmoil in the Mexican city. DemNow l Newsday l previous View full entry
See a man age 8 years in two minutes,...well he doesn't seem to age really. yahoo video View full entry
Habitat for Humanity's Warner Robins Affiliate is looking for an architect to work pro bono to assist them in designing a house for a single father with nine children displaced by Hurricane Katrina in Warner Robins, Georgia. more info The home is part of a larger project to revitalize the... View full entry
NYC Opening of MONO exhibition, fresh from London Design Week... Saturday October 28th at 19:30 Featuring 28 simply smashing British designers Exhibition runs until November 1st Commonwealth Gallery 90 Wythe Avenue (at North 11th) Williamsburg, Brooklyn ** REFRESHING BEERS BY BROOKLYN BREWERY * View full entry