Growing concern about climate change and the security of
international energy supplies are boosting the case for a new
generation of nuclear power stations in the UK, the energy minister
said on Monday.

Electronic labels made from plastic semiconductors can now pick up
and respond to radio signals at a frequency suitable for use on
products.

BoingBoing.net is running a great image of the ten ways Dick Cheney can kill you.

The key to kicking what President Bush calls the nation’s oil
addiction could very well lie in termite guts, canvas-eating jungle
bugs and other microbes genetically engineered to spew enzymes that
turn waste into fuel.

Idlers, loafers and layabouts,
listen up. A new study suggests that the times when we sit around
twiddling our thumbs could in fact be vital for learning.

"Don’t work too hard," wrote a colleague in an e-mail today. Was she
sincere or sarcastic? I think I know (sarcastic), but I’m probably
wrong.

Larry Marturano doesn’t want his cell phone to ring when he’s
sitting in church. Luckily, his phone has a built-in calendar, and he
can program his phone so that it won’t ring at certain times of the
day.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a
tabletop accelerator that produces nuclear fusion at room temperature,
providing confirmation of an earlier experiment conducted at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), while offering
substantial improvements over the original design.

Companies are once again hiring more people than they’re firing, so
now’s the time to consider your options. Here’s what some major employers have to offer.