A Newsweek article shows lakes around the world being lost due to warming or, in other cases, source waters being dammed, damn it. In my home state of Nevada, Lake Mead is projected to go dry in 13 years, which means Hoover Dam will not be generating hydropower any more.
It’s time to collect water in […]
My previous post describes the surprising (in my opinion) adoption of Permaculture in Cuba. It’s exciting good news for everyone, no question. BBC reports Four Dissidents Freed by Havana today. [BBC Update: Castro Steps Down…]. [Another BBC Update: Dissident Condemns Cuban Prisons (Big surprise)]. A while back, they quoted one of 75 dissidents jailed for […]
A Global Public Media article from 2006 describes the adoption of permaculture concepts from Australian teachers by Cubans back when 80% of foreign trade was abrubtly cut off from the Soviets and their partners. I’m surprised as a U.S. citizen at how supportive the Cuban government seems to have been to the new idea, according […]
BBC interviews famous Singularitarian Ray Kurzweil about the future of man-machine relations. Nanotech, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering will give us potent tools to deal with the scientific challenges of the 21st Century, including real solar and/or fusion power, carbon sequestration, cleaning water, attacking diseases with more precision while leaving healthy tissue undamaged, and eliminating […]
BBC reports a study that shows “probiotic” supplements reduce infections, but qualify the results to the top athletes who were sampled in a controlled experiment. Another BBC reported study indicates that the elderly may benefit from probiotics to boost their immune system.
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