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“The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans main source of national and international news. Currently, 41% say they get most of their news about national and international news from the internet, which is little changed over the past two years but up 17 points since 2007. Television remains the most widely used …
Tanks in the cloud – Computing services are both bigger and smaller than assumed: “Clouds bear little resemblance to tanks, particularly when the clouds are of the digital kind. But statistical methods used to count tanks in the second world war may help to answer a question that is on the mind of many technology …
guardian.co.uk: “The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be …
Updated Seafood Watch Recommendations: “Carry the pocket guide thats right for your region to help you choose ocean-friendly seafood wherever you live or travel. Click on your state on the map to determine the pocket guide thats right for you. If you live near a boundary between two regions, we suggest that you look at …
The Truth Wears Off – Is there something wrong with the scientific method? by Jonah Lehrer December 13, 2010 “Before the effectiveness of a drug can be confirmed, it must be tested and tested again. Different scientists in different labs need to repeat the protocols and publish their results. The test of replicability, as its …
“When historians look back to the moment when the post-Cold War reign of American power ended, they may well settle on 2010 as a crucial year. Everywhere, it seemed, there were signs that the long-predicted “rise of the rest” had finally occurred, whether in the newfound assertiveness of fast-growing China or the impatient diplomacy of …
“Mass collaboration is revolutionizing not only the way we work, but the way we live, learn, create and care for each other. Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, authors of Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, analyze some of the trends reshaping our world. Today: Journalism in the age of user-generated content and Wikileaks – …
Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, via WaPo’s Joby Warrick: “Investigations into the attacks concluded that government agencies had failed to share critical information that could have helped uncover the Sept. 11 plot. Because of that lapse, Congress tasked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence with pressuring key government agencies – including …
Scientific American, What, Me Care? A recent study finds a decline in empathy among young people in the U.S., by Jamil Zaki “The types of information we consume have also shifted in recent decades; specifically, Americans have abandoned reading in droves. The number of adults who read literature for pleasure sank below 50 percent for …
News release: “Manufacturers’ News, Inc., compiler and publisher of industrial directories for all fifty states, has generated a list of the top U.S. cities by number of manufacturing jobs as of year-end 2010. The full list can be seen here. According to Manufacturers’ News, Houston takes the top spot for industrial employment with 228,226 manufacturing …
News release: “ShopperTraks National Retail Sales Estimate (NRSE) today reported that total GAFO retail sales for Christmas week (week ending Dec. 25) slipped 4.1 percent compared to last year, while the companys retail traffic index (SRTI) reported a strong 6.8 percent total U.S. foot traffic decline for the same period..ShopperTrak also measured the impact of …
News release: “Data through October 2010, released today by Standard & Poors for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show a deceleration in the annual growth rates in 18 of the 20 MSAs and the 10- and 20-City Composites in October compared to what was reported for September 2010. …
