Coming in December will be a new round of exhibitions assembled by artists of the intrepid Cape Farewell Project, "a series of sailing voyages into the Arctic, through routes that were previously icebound but are now passable." David Buckland leads expeditions with artists, scientists, and... View full entry
Took this one straight from the UK version of FHM. Proving that they aren't just interested in girls. Boffins at MIT have linked up with one of Austria's biggest mobile phone providers to map the usage of mobile phones in the city of Graz. Find out more here link View full entry
The suburbs of Paris continue to burn, now into nearly a full week of rioting. See photos. Theories abound: discrimination, urban alienation, and sheer anger at two senseless deaths. See also The New York Times. View full entry
Unlike certain closed door policies shielding US military installations from public scrutiny, Iran is allowing UN IAEA inspectors to visit a highly sensitive military site in Parchin for a second time in a bid to preserve diplomatic transparency of its nuclear program and avoid the UN Security... View full entry
Past Chinese emperor used position to over populate country - well sorta of. BBC View full entry
Green topics prevail in the news today with Taking the Future for a Drive (NYT) tracing the LA experience through hyro-motoring - could be combined with Smart directions for green ideas (BBC) which describes the use of the city car idea with GPS technology. Also, Climate Study Warns of Warming... View full entry
Gary Morton Susman had unique access to Ground Zero. He became the Official Photographer at Ground Zero for the Uniformed Firefighters Association (FDNY). This has led to the Ground Zero Museum Workshop. Also check out the lingo section. (via) View full entry
As previously reported Oprah brought on Leonardo DiCaprio and Dr. Michael Oppenheimer (instead of Scarpa?) to speak about global warming and the environment. Treehugger View full entry
The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations. NYT. Also, check out... View full entry
In case you're tired of the same old reports on the real estate bubble and housing crisis, here are a few articles which report land values from some different angles: A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000. | A... View full entry
Pioneering nanoscientist Richard Smalley, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering buckyballs, died today of cancer. He was 62. Read | via Buckyballs, named after American architect, Richard Buckminster Fuller, who designed a geodesic dome with essentially the same symmetry... View full entry
Better late than never. Los Angeles architect Jeremy Quinn's solo installation show. The Hollow Men closes tomorrow at Gallery 825. You can check out his personal site here . View full entry
More archaeological ruins have been mapped, in a site uncovered by nothing less than last year's tsunami. This, a temple in Tamil Nadu, is "the latest in a series of archaeological discoveries in the area struck by December's tsunami, which desilted large areas of the coastline." Suddenly... View full entry
Or not quite. But while Archinect is busy mapping itself across the earth - so is avian flu. Check out the new BBC disease world map - or, as they say, "Watch the spread of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu around the world" - where you can match human cases to country; bird outbreaks to... View full entry
Kushner in the weekly tirade at architectureink reminds us of terrorist chickens. View full entry