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POPSFBI's response "a colossal overreaction". Typical now in US. Why the FBI chose to pursue this case is unclear, but Kurtz's supporters are convinced that it was an intentional attempt to punish an artist who is critical of the government's authoritarian tendency. As Nature magazine put it: "It seems that government lawyers are singling Kurtz out as a warning to the broader artistic community". Perhaps, as far as the FBI is concerned, a science experiment posing as politically-motivated art is a form of terrorism. ... Guardian Science and art aren't redneck fundamentalist notions of a good American.
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POPSFatness is a Moral Issue? By former UK Cabinet Minister, Michael Portillo, Uses the obesity issue as a handle to set out some conservative core values.
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POPSflying toilets i used to work in a health sector programme in kenya - flying toilets were a big issue on our agenda. it is good to see that this problem is now reaching a wider audience. this is just one of many problems faced by slum dwellers - but a far-reaching one encompassing economic, health and security issues we often take for granted.
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POPSOur Trash Circles the Globe: Combating E-Waste in India The fruits of our high-tech revolution are pure poison if these products are improperly disposed of at the end of their useful life. The electronics industry is on the brink of a paradigm shift with respect to cost avoidance v/s risk avoidance. Firms such as Eco-Reco are taking advantage of a booming but hazardous industry, where e-waste is usually dismantled by workers with little protection in recycling plants that have even fewer safety and environmental contamination guidelines. In Mumbai, Eco-Reco will pick up your e-waste and at their plant, the e-waste then goes through a shredder on a conveyor belt, and the components are separated by a metal extractor. Workers then break up the plastic from the metal by hand. The entire system is based on the principles of clean environment and zero landfill.
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POPS Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet' Wow! This is just dirty! I hate it when people eat at their desks... more so if they don't wash their hands after eating, or eat oily/fried stuff while typing... Just disgusting! What's interesting though, is that the study says "compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area". ! Who'd ever think that possible!? heh
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POPSDo Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In Hospitals? Many medical institutions ban cell phone use in hospitals, clinics, and physician offices because some early studies indicated cell phone use would have the potential to disrupt radio signals used by medical devices such as remote heart monitors. But those studies were conducted in unreal settings. For instance, in those tests, the cell phone was placed too close to medical equipment, which is not the way how people use cell phones. And also old cell phones use an analog mode rather than now a digital mode. And modern cell phones use less energy. Some studies disprove any potential hazard cell phone use could pose. For instance, a study presented in 2006 at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians by researchers from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson found that cell phone use in the emergency department did not disrupt electrocardiograms.
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