The Christian Science Monitor reports on technological change in Estonia, where an enlightened post-Soviet era government believes the Internet is essential for life in the 21st century and backs that up with legislation declaring Internet access is a human right. Estonia is a country where hot, running water was a luxury a decade ago. It’s [...]

Information addiction
According to this New York Times article, two Harvard faculty members say that information causes a “dopamine squirt” in humans, a rush similar to that given by narcotics. Just as narcotics are addictive, information is as well. They’ve given the disorder of information addiction the name ‘pseudo-ADD’ because it tends to cause somewhat ADD-like [...]

A two-millennia-old bottle of light green rice wine excavated in northern China is causing a sensation in the academic community, even if it may have passed its expiry date, according to state media.
The archaeologists who found it in Xian — home to the famous terracotta warriors — do not plan to drink it anyway [...]

One of the greatest prizes in modern physics — the confirmation or otherwise of a theoretical sub-atomic particle called the Higgs boson — is back up for grabs.
In a friendly but intense rivalry, European and US scientists have been going head-to-head to find the particle that will either confirm or wreck our concept of [...]

There really is another world out there. One where you can be anything you want, be as rich as you can, kill anyone, kill monsters, develop stature, live in a castle, get married and when you are in the mood, go on an adventure. Oh yes, it’s real, it’s happening and you can make loads [...]

Portable digital video players make it easy to pack Bach, Beck and a season of “Brady Bunch” episodes into one pocket-sized gadget, but consumers initially may balk at the hefty cost and limited video programming choices.
This new wave of gadgets is aimed at frequent travelers and young people who are comfortable with digital music and [...]