This sounds like science fiction, but like these bionic bugs it’s creeping slowly but inexorably toward a healthier world for humans. A single organism, once mutated, could produce the same plastic or metal as an industrial plant, this while feeding on the compounds in pollution or the energy of the sun. So much for global warming, and there’s more than ozone...
READ MOREThe guessing game of Facebook’s value, as in stock price, has gotten loud, almost as boisterous as the accusations. The IPO, when all that sorting was going on, a lucky few were dealt the best cards. But what’s it worth? Who knows, but I went looking, and here’s something I found on the internet. Socialbakers, a flaky name, but it shows where the growth...
READ MORENo surprise that those growing up with them have short attention spans. What’s news is the intensity of these 2 minute stares. And the chance for content originators, authors, say, to grab and hold their attention. Not easy, so I thought I’d try a little experiment with you, digital native or immigrant, to see how long you can last with the first paragraphs...
READ MOREMore evidence that exercise is good for the brain. The problem is most people don’t exercise (or subscribe to The New York Times). Instead of going to a fitness center, they work, those lucky enough to have a jobs. Long hours and not much pay, and when they do eat they consume, from a zillion places, fast food. Fries, Big Macs, Double Stuffed pizzas, cokes, which is...
READ MOREDoes this say something about the British sensibility, not just to business but to culture, and how it differs from our own feelings? That a parliamentary panel would declare a person unfit to run a company without evidence that a law was broken is, some might say, clear evidence of show boating. Which is what politicians do. Still it’s hard to picture a...
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The life of a young man, John Howard, at times heroic, at times comic,a person who tries, in the small ways he can, to make his life better.
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