Humans <3 Neanderthals, green computing initiatives, space advocacy as religion, post-hegemonic US…

• 1 – Scientists: Bush Muzzled Research
  “Two federal agencies are investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research, a senator said Wednesday.”
  (tags: muzzling investigation warming global censorship science Bush politics US)
• 2 – Motorola chairman: Mobiles for under $15 likely by 2008
  “Mobile phones costing less than $15 will be available in developing countries by 2008 [...] If handsets can be delivered that cheaply, it could lead to another 100 million people a year getting their first phones…”
  (tags: access nations developing cheap technology cell phone mobile)
• 3 – Humans and Neanderthals interbred
  “…a team of European researchers report a “mosaic of modern human and archaic Neanderthal features” in 30,000 -year-old human fossils from Romania.”
  (tags: genetic heritage evolution Neanderthal interbreeding species human fossils archaeology history)
• 4 – Sun’s Green Computing
  “Almost half of Sun’s workforce is now part of the Open Work program, giving up their permanent offices for much nicer time-share spaces. Sun has reduced its German workspace tremendously [...] to a sixth of what it was.”
  (tags: ecology green solutions client thin efficiency energy computer practice business sustainable Microcomputers Sun)
• 5 – ‘Macho man’ heroes created for war: Historian
  “The veneration of macho men originates from concerns about the readiness of mollycoddled middle class men to stand up for their nations in the 18th and 19th centuries, an Australian National University historian argues.”
  (tags: nationalism culture war preparation class middle European veneration machismo history)
• 6 – Space Religion and the Infidels
  “Some advocate commercialization of the high frontier, perhaps the only true way to achieve sustainability, others say “science only” and keep your mucky commercial hands off our pristine solar system.”
  (tags: factions philosophy science faith religion advocacy space)
• 7 – Back to the future, with a Victorian flavour
  “While I’m excited about the modern opportunities for self-exploration and the benefits they bring, I’m also humbled by the lessons the Victorians learned.”
  (tags: change social business telegraph era Victorian progress utopia culture communication internet)
• 8 – Spacewear fashion show: looking fly in zero-g
  “A spacewear fashion show featuring clothing designed for travel in weightless conditions was held at the University of Tokyo’s Hongo campus on November 2.”
  (tags: style clothing future show fashion spaceflight zero-g space Japan)
• 9 – Microsoft considers China policy
  “A senior executive for Microsoft has said the firm could pull out of non-democratic countries [...he] said concerns over the repressive regime might force it to reconsider its business in China.”
  (tags: capitalism democracy China economics technology politics rights human business Microsoft)
• 10 – A Post-Hegemonic Future
  “Here’s a question to muse about while awaiting the results of Tuesday’s election in the US: what happens after the United States is no longer the dominant global power?” Jamais Cascio asks the unasked question.
  (tags: futurism scenario terrorism 4GW collapse decline nation-states power empire hegemony American global politics)
• 11 – The death of TV: Google to smack down UK’s top channels
  “What does this mean for the glorious creative output that UK television advertising is globally applauded for?” Excuse me? I think you’ve been watching the edited highlights, my friend.
  (tags: film short art revenue commercial online Google eclipsed budget advertising television UK)