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Article on buying funding a Global Warming sceptic.

For the last few years Climate Change deniers (when they are not suggesting that Carbon Dioxide is the stuff of life and we should all be chugging on exhaust pipes) have been misquoting science reports to try and make their case. One of the most common is that Antarctica is getting cooler not warmer, so [...]

A very sexy concept for the iMac. (via).

Nasa has quietly changed its mission statement to eradicate any mention of its original responsibility to understand and protect our home planet.
Old Version
“To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers … as only NASA can.”
New Version
“to pioneer the future in space [...]

‘Every man is an impossibility, until he is born; everything impossible, until we see a success.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson rocks. I’d read about Emerson in Louis Menand’s The Metaphysical Club and made a note to find out more about this polymath of the 19th Century. Reading his essays on Self Reliance, History and his controversial [...]

Living with the bassist of London’s hottest new band, Mr Hudson & the Library, has its advantages. It means you get to hear when there will be an impromptu rooftop gig for the denizens of Kentish Town road. It means you get to stand with three hundred people completely disrupting the traffic for a few [...]

Two of my best friends got married a week and a bit ago. I am supposed to be a tough outdoors type and thus cannot admit to getting a bit teary during the wedding vows, that wouldn’t do at all. . . .

Best Week Ever spoof the new Apple ads.

A handy list of polar resources for Google Earth.

Interesting (but long) take on ‘Why Conservatives Can’t Govern’. (Via).

A world away from Le Tour, fifty-year old Fred Markham has set a new world record for distance travelled by a human powered vehicle in one hour. He cranked out 53.4 miles. Maybe Jan Ullrich should put his unused tour legs to good use and give this a shot. (Via).

Taking a leaf from the Daily Show I thought I would point you towards some interesting articles. Prospect magazine has a great article on the rise of Islamic rationalists who are seeking to pursue change from within Islam. Over at the unintentionally hilarious conservative voice, Rob Hood explains that you can only be a Christian [...]

Bjorn Lomborg is sometimes characterised as a climate change denier. He’s not, he just thinks battling it isn’t the most cost effective way to spend our money. See if you agree.

England are out of the World Cup, yet again on penalties. Apart from Owen Hargreaves, who played a blinder, we never really deserved to go through (mind you, neither did Portugal). Can’t really write more at the moment as I am thoroughly gutted, the only silver lining is that finally Sven will be out of [...]

Anthropologist Hamid Sardar has taken some glorious photographs of the Reindeer People of Mongolia during the three years he spent on their trails. (Via).