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A recently released poll shows that the American public is largely uniformed about both nanotechnology and synthetic biology, and furthermore that the level of public awareness about nanotechnology has not changed since 2004. Perhaps there is a need for an imaginative public education effort.

The Sun, an alternative conservative/right-wing New York newspaper, shut down yesterday. However, the real Sun may be setting on much more than a newspaper. Some headlines from the Great Depression for your consideration.

A proposal (PDF) from HDR, Inc. to redevelop Springfield’s Union Station, which has active Amtrak service on a platform, but has otherwise been a dormant hulk of a downtown building complex for decades, was unveiled today during a morning press conference, as reported this morning by Peter Goonan for the Republican.

Truthdig Banking Collapse Lands on America’s SchoolsTruthdig,

Ken Bensinger LA Times As congressional leaders struggled to craft a bailout plan for the nation’s troubled financial system…angry protesters mobbed Wall Street, telephones rang off the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tomgram: Snitow and Kaufman, Water Wars in America September 26, 2008 [Note to TomDispatch Readers: Since the following piece is excerpted from a new book produced by the invaluable website Alternet.org, I thought this might be a fine moment to urge all of you -- if you don't it the site already -- to visit that ever vigorous, thoughtful, provocative site.

After all the doubts, deals and delays, the biggest launch of WiMax services in the U.S. will become official on Oct. 8, when Intel, Sprint, Clearwire and others host a WiMax celebration/demonstration in Baltimore, whose residents will be the first to test Sprint’s Xohm WiMax services.

Hitting the deadline with the precision that only a journalist could love, Comcast filed its paperwork with the FCC at about the latest hour imaginable Friday, disclosing both its previous/current “network management” techniques as well as its “protocol agnostic” techniques it would use going forward,

The Instant Grant Program by The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists

The Instant Grant Program by The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists