US’ polling machines for 2012 allow remote hacking . Posted 28 September 2011, by Staff, GMA News (GMA Network), gmanews.tv . Many of the electronic voting machines that about a third of American voters will use in the 2012 polls may be hacked remotely, a laboratory has shown. Experts at the Vulnerability Assessment [...]
Posts Tagged ‘science’
28 Sep
EcoSikh presents on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at SAFAR Conference, Toronto
EcoSikh presents on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at SAFAR Conference, Toronto . Posted 26 September 2011, by Staff, EcoSikh, ecosikh.org . EcoSikh has been invited to make a presentation on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at a key academic conference on Sikhism and Gender at the University of Toronto on October 1, 2011. The [...]
25 Sep
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem . Posted 25 September 2011, by Tom Atwell, Maine Sunday Telegram (MaineToday Media Inc.), pressherald.com . The Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco has given a new name to its organic garden. “We are calling it a ‘sustainable food ecosystem,’ ” said [...]
25 Sep
Luce Irigaray – Quotes
Luce Irigaray – Quotes . Posted 24 September 2011, by Staff, The European Graduate School, egs.edu . …more than other senses, the eye objectifies and masters. it sets at a distance, maintains the distance. in our culture, the predominance of the look over smell, taste, touch, hearing, has brought about an improverishment of bodily relations…the [...]
25 Sep
Five modern trends in sustainable architecture
Five modern trends in sustainable architecture . Posted24 September 2011, by Pratik Basu, EcoFriend (Instamedia), ecofriend.com . With so many ecological concerns coming up every year, the need for the hour is to grasp the concept of Eco-friendly and sustainable architecture. The dawn of this green architecture came from the Eco-build in London, [...]
24 Sep
Attempts to Suppress Volatility Could Lead to a Crash in Existing Economic and Political Systems
Attempts to Suppress Volatility Could Lead to a Crash in Existing Economic and Political Systems . Posted 23 September 2011, by WashingtonsBlog, Global Research, globalresearch.ca . Posted on September 23, 2011 by WashingtonsBlog . Suppressing Financial Instability Increases Risk of Market Breakdown Financial analyst and author Nassim Taleb demonstrated that suppressing market volatility in [...]
24 Sep
Chicomoztoc and Origin Myths of Mesoamerica
Chicomoztoc and Origin Myths of Mesoamerica . Posted 23 September 2011, by K. Kris Hirst, About (New York Times), archaeology.about.com . Textbooks and general public outreach articles about Mesoamerica often of necessity split Mesoamerica into discrete pieces: Toltec, Aztec, Maya, Olmec. It is plainly easier for us modern types to think of (and write about) these [...]
24 Sep
Science world in shock after Cern light speed claim
Science world in shock after Cern light speed claim . Posted 23 September 2011, by Nick Collins, The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group Ltd.), telegraph.co.uk . A British physicist even promised to eat his boxer shorts on live television if it turned out to be correct. Scientists at CERN, the world’s largest physics lab [...]
24 Sep
Why the world is running out of helium
Why the world is running out of helium . Posted 23 August 2011, by Steve Connor, The Independent, independent.co.uk . It is the second-lightest element in the Universe, has the lowest boiling-point of any gas and is commonly used through the world to inflate party balloons. But helium is also a non-renewable resource [...]
