Day February 13, 2008

Say hello to the new boss?

Obama is not, however, the product of the civil rights struggles against racial oppression, nor is he associated with any popular movement from below. His career has far more in common with those of Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, individuals…

Stonehenge reloaded

Wally Wallington, a retired construction worker working alone with no mechanized help, demonstrates how massive multi-ton concrete blocks can be moved and planted in the ground by just one person. He thinks Stonehenge could have been built by surprisingly few…

Burning ice. Methane hydrate

Methane hydrate is a solid form of water containing large amounts of methane, occurring in vast quantity (“2-10x the currently known reserves of conventional natural gas”) on ocean floors. When warmed or depressurized, it turns into water and natural gas.…