August 2005

The Economist.com is my favorite business/news/political magazine.  One of the reasons I like it is because it’s not afraid to have an opinion and take a stance.  Unlike most newspapers that claim to be neutral and aren’t, the Economist very openly takes a side.  They also report about topics of real interest to me and

Women continue to leave the technology fields and it’s not just in the US.  According to this article, Women ‘undervalued’ in science, in The Register, it exists in the UK as well: In June this year, the Scientific Women’s Academic Network launched a six-point charter, aimed at changing the academic culture in the UK in

LifeStraw is an entire purification system in what looks like a fat drinking straw.  It was designed by a Danish group to be produced for under $2 a straw in order to be marketable for the developing world where water borne diseases still kill thousands. LifeStraw purifies water instantly for under $2 a year –

Why are conversations about sex so hard to have?   (That’s a rhetorical question, I think.) This article by a doctor about the conversations he has with his adolescent patients is funny, but it just illustrates how hard these conversations are to have.  It’s Time for the Truth, When Body Clock Strikes 13 – New York