鈥淚n 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its 9 million people have been teetering on starvation ever since 鈥� and the ugliest forces in the western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country鈥檚 food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.鈥�
that Somali piracy has its roots in environmental injustices perpetrated by western governments
鈥淚t might surprise you to learn that one of the largest and most celebrated new-media ventures is burning through cash at a rate that makes newspapers look like wise investments. It鈥檚 called YouTube.鈥�
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on how websites full of user-generated content are losing money hand over fist
鈥淲hen I look back at almost every 鈥渆nvironmentally friendly鈥� alternative product I鈥檝e seen being widely touted as a cost-free way to lower our footprint鈥� I notice a common theme: the replacement good has really really sucked compared to the old, inefficient version.鈥�
on why consumers avoid green products
What we learned this week
The vexed question 鈥淐leopatra: hot or not?鈥� could soon be laid to rest by archaeologists from Egypt and the Dominican Republic who say they are closing in on her tomb. In 2007 researchers from Newcastle University in the UK claimed she was not drop-dead gorgeous but pointy-nosed and thin-lipped with a jutting jaw
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FLOTSAMETRICS
The use of floating trash, such as a huge consignment of training shoes washed off a cargo ship in 1990, to study ocean currents, as explained in a