Greenpeace Experts Cut Corporate Greenspeak At Hannover Green IT Trade Fair

Seeded on Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:44 PM EDT (http://amplifiedgreen.wordpress.com)

Greenpeace is there too! Woa, these guys know their stuff if they can talk about Green IT sensibly. So far, little news back.

cebit, green-critics

The G Issue And The Catholic Church's Urge That Only Catholics Go To Heaven

Wed Jan 2, 2008 5:33 PM EST

If one thing has become clear in recent days, it is that the G-issue is highly unpredictable. God triggers debate when you least expect it. All the more so, because the Almighty is generally not easily scheduled for public discussion.

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Satellite System To Keep A Check Of Rain Forests Is Capable Of Peering Through Clouds

Wed Jan 2, 2008 5:13 PM EST

Measures discussed at the Bali Climate conference included rich countries' being allowed to offset emissions by paying poor countries per hectare of forests kept intact. Critics object because it's difficult to monitor implementation. The solution?

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politics, carbon, scientists, rainforest, carbon-offsetting

Piracy Creates Economic Growth: Report

Wed Jan 2, 2008 4:58 PM EST

The corporate sector's losses due to our happy parties on the internet are considerable, but nevertheless online sharing sites boost economic growth considerably. How is it possible that piracy translates into the main sector?

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politics

US Music Companies Are Making Themselves Strong To Prevent You From Copying Your Own CDs On Your Computer

Wed Jan 2, 2008 2:28 PM EST

The US music industry is doing its level best to make sure that people who copy CDs they own onto their computer are classified as law breakers. A few court cases involving heavy fines show the music industry seriously means business.

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entertainment, music, computers, kazaa, sounds

Ancient Document Of Templar Trial Shows Da Vinci Code Was Slightly Off About 14th Century Pope´s Role In Inquisition

Wed Jan 2, 2008 8:13 AM EST

The Vatican's release of a historic document revealing the 14th Century trial against the Knights Templars sheds new light on books such as the Da Vinci Code. Large parts of the Templars' history have been unequivocally determined.

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Interview With Nate Ritter, Co-Inventor Of Hashtags - A Twitter App For Reporters

Tue Jan 1, 2008 6:54 PM EST

Are you a reporter using Twitter? Then you should know about Hashtags. It potentially could be as explosive as the news it facilitates; hashtags are a way to track a specific topic or event on Twitter. I interviewed Nate Ritter, the site's co-inventor.

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Scholar Claims To Have Solved One Of Classical Music's Most Persistent Mysteries

Tue Jan 1, 2008 6:35 PM EST

One of classical music's biggest mysteries - the inspiration source of the UK's Edward Elgar's theme for the 'Enigma' Variations - has reportedly been solved.

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Verification of 22 Historic Climate Studies Pinpoints Patterns in Data Errors

Tue Jan 1, 2008 6:28 PM EST

We're swamped with information about anticipated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the indicators vary wildly.

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Verification of 22 Historic Climate Studies Pinpoints Patterns in Data Errors

Tue Jan 1, 2008 6:21 PM EST

We're swamped with information about anticipated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the indicators vary wildly.

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So Called 'Healthy' Chalk Streams Might Pose Grave Threat To Environment: Scientists

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:55 PM EST

English chalk streams are less healthy than scientists have thought and might even contribute to global warming, says a UK scientist.

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science

Was Descartes Right After All? Scientists Discover Pineal Gland Lights Up During Meditation

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:49 PM EST

A recent experiment conducted by scientists shows that the pineal gland might truly be the 'seat of the soul', as Rene Descartes suggested in 1649.

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Traditional Newspapers Might Publish Your Comments On Your Social Network Profile

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:43 PM EST

Pluck, the Reuters' owned blog aggregator which has a clientele of over 200 online media publishers including the Washington Post and USA Today, is going to build 'reader comment' apps for Facebook and MySpace on behalf of those newspapers. Pluck, which syndicates content, is th …

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Italian Court Orders Parents To Rename 'Friday', Their Baby Boy

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:40 PM EST

An Italian couple that named their child Friday has been subjected to a court order to name the boy a different name.

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Scientists Discover Pinot Grape´s Genome Sequence

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:35 PM EST

Vineyard specialists know all there is to know about nurturing the soil to cultivate the best grapes. Yet little is known about grapes' actual genetic make up.

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science

UK Scientists Discover That Willow Trees And Grass Clean Up Polluted Soil Perfectly

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:31 PM EST

Planting willow trees and grass on derelict brownfield sites helps clean contaminated soil say scientists in the UK.

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science

Monkeys as Smart as College Students at Performing Addition

Tue Jan 1, 2008 5:04 PM EST

Monkeys are as smart as average college students when it comes to mentally performing maths tasks. U.S. researchers from Duke University say they're the first to have proven this. The researchers established that monkeys are capable of answering simple mathematical additions.

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science

Ribbit Takes The World By Storm - Soon You'll Use Your Smartphone To Chat Online

Tue Jan 1, 2008 1:52 PM EST

A new startup phone company called Ribbit has taken the world by storm, announcing details of a platform fostering a beehive of telephony applications that will enable users of smart phones plenty of new services, many free of charge.

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business

Scientific Study: Parents Favor Their Eldest Kids

Tue Jan 1, 2008 1:47 PM EST

Eldest kids in the family more often are their parents' favorites than their siblings, a study has pointed out.

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health, kids, parents, favoritism, angelique-van-engelen

Drip Feeding Plants Makes Them More Robust: Scientist

Tue Jan 1, 2008 1:32 PM EST

Researchers that used a new irrigation technique on plants say they have proof that replacing only a percentage of water that the plant loses improves their quality.

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We Made And Cured Mentally Retarded, Autistic Mice: Scientists

Tue Jan 1, 2008 1:26 PM EST

Scientists have determined what makes mice retarded and suffer from autism. What's more, they now say can correct the symptoms.

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odd-news

Beethoven Specialist Vets Every Note Composer Wrote to Explain Meaning

Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:59 PM EST

A professor of music has examined every note of every authentic source of every Beethoven piano sonata to produce what he feels is the truest representation of the composer's work. Professor Barry Cooper, a Beethoven specialist, has taken to revising all of Beethoven's 35 son …

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education, beethoven, barry-cooper, sonata-b-in-flat-major, klavierhammer

'In The Valley Of Elah' Mixes Reality Style With Fiction; Receives Mixed Reviews

Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:26 PM EST

The best way of assessing the new movie In The Valley of Elah is to see if there's any competition between media and the film. Because Elah mixes reality style material from Iraq with fiction.

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entertainment, film, rendition, kingdom, atonement, a-mighty-heart, in-the-valley-of-elah, war-and-kiterunner