Professor Noam Chomsky visits Google Cambridge to answer the following questions from Googlers: 1. Your early view of the potential abuse of the Internet as a political medium seemed to convey a […]
Baboon by Naja Marie Aidt
Beginning in the middle of crisis, then accelerating through plots that grow stranger by the page, Naja Marie Aidt’s stories have a feel all their own. Though they are built around the […]
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Abandoned gold mines in Siberia get new lease of life
Siberia and Russia’s Far East hold 11% of global gold reserves. But after the fall of Soviet Union many mines were abandoned. This to be changed soon as new technology that allows […]
Lord Owen Dismisses Russia Sanctions
One of the top negotiators in the Kosovo conflict, former FM David Owen, says that sanctions against Russia won’t resolve the crisis in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a78yx8OTyZs
More People Were Paid To Exploit Heartbleed For The NSA Than Fix It
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Interview with actor and activist Sean Penn
The Hollywood actor speaks out about US foreign policy, issues of privacy and the role of the media. Sean Penn is often the man in the spotlight, firing up the crowds and […]
Mazen Maarouf is a Lebanese poet from Beirut living as a refugee in Reykjavik, Iceland
Palestinian poet Mazen Maarouf has been doubly exiled, born in Lebanon and forced to flee to Iceland, where his only security is his notebook.
Is this the ‘greenest’ aircraft ever?
This plane here is totally solar powered. Its wingspan is wider than a jumbo jet, but it only weighs as much as an average family car. And next year, the plan is […]
Australia pioneers renewable power
Engineers on a small Australian island are claiming to have perfected renewable energy supply for sustained periods. At times, all of King island is powered by renewable energy, meeting the needs of […]