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  • Cubas revolution: continuous change

    Cubas revolution: continuous change

    July 10, 2009

    In the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the afore-named magical creature spins straw into gold. That image came to mind during a recent visit to Cuba, a country that if not actually turning anything into gold, has certainly...

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  • A new science show for Discovery channel junkies

    A new science show for Discovery channel junkies

    July 10, 2009

    Can science be funny? Renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson does. And that's why he has teamed up with Comedy Central's Lynn Koplitz for a new science-based radio talk show called . Tyson says the show...

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  • Engineer makes cooking oil breakthrough

    Engineer makes cooking oil breakthrough

    July 10, 2009

    A new use for old cooking oil could help cut emissions from building roads, engineers have claimed. Engineer Helen Bailey has developed a process for replacing bitumen, which is normally used in road surfaces to 'glue'...

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  • Texas rejects privatized toll roads

    Texas rejects privatized toll roads

    July 10, 2009

    How are the global economic crisis, water in Bolivia, oil in Iraq, and the fast lane on Highway 635 in North Dallas related? And what do they have to do with the airport in Tegucigalpa? They’re...

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  • Obama not ruling out second stimulus

    Obama not ruling out second stimulus

    July 10, 2009

    Shortly after Robert Nabors, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, said yesterday that “no one in the administration is talking about a second stimulus at this point,” the administration signaled that the president...

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