A link to the following paper written in 1995 was forwarded by reader David Swedlow. Katya Walter Most contemporary gene sequencing programs handle only binary aspects, avoiding nonlinear aspects altogether. But […]
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On Friday, I featured an article by activist and writer Marguerite Hampton, writing under the pseudonym ECO, who has recently joined the Energy Resources Yahoo Group. The focus there is […]
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ECO has recently joined the Energy Resources Yahoo Group. The focus there is on the Fossil Fuel Depletion Crisis as well as Global Warming and Human Overpopulation. ECO On Wednesday, Ron […]
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Reposted from Ming the Mechanic. Flemming Funch Here’s a couple of patterns that might be useful for various things. First of all, you can divide life into various spheres that encompass […]
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Timothy Wilken In response to my December 25th essay What’s wrong with Merry Christmas? a reader wrote asking: Are you a Christian? … I think that in the past I avoided […]
Continue readingThe End of the Oil Age
Reposted from the Earth Island Journal. Thanks for the link to Marguerite Hampton at the Turtle Island Institute. Richard Heinberg The atrocities of September 11, 2001 so dominated world news, […]
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This essay was written in 1996. Flemming Funch I envision a time when most people have stopped having problems they don’t need to have, and where they spend most of […]
Continue readingWhat’s wrong with Merry Christmas?
Timothy Wilken Recently it has become politically incorrect to wish your fellow humans a Merry Christmas. We are supposed to use the generic term Happy Holidays to avoid religious discrimination […]
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We posted the point-counterpoint debate between nanotechnology pioneer Eric Drexler and Rice University Professor and Nobel prize winner Richard Smalley on the feasibility of molecular assembly yesterday. This morning we […]
Continue readingNANOTECHNOLOGY: The Debate
The following debate is stirring a lot of interest among leading technologists. Reposted from the December 1, 2003 Issue of Chemical & Engineering News. Rudy Baum In this Chemical & […]
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