Friday, 21 September 2012

Richard Heinberg: Peak Oil & the globe's limitations (video)

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MeRTCepmkqQ&desktop_uri=/watch?v=MeRTCepmkqQ

/ American journalist educator written extensively energy economic ecological issues oil depletion author of ten books senior fellow Post Carbon Institute peak oil global warming climate change CO2 carbon dioxide comparative study  I civilizations  the end of growth /

Sexual selection: Hunkier than thou

"When it comes to partners, men often find women's taste fickle and unfathomable. But ladies may not be entirely to blame. A growing body of research suggests that their preference for certain types of male physiognomy may be swayed by things beyond their conscious control — like prevalence of disease or crime — & in predictable ways."

http://www.economist.com/node/17672806

/ masculine features big jaw brow reflect physical behavioural traits strength aggression physiological virility sturdy immune system sexual prowess ensures plenty progeny promiscuity tendency shirk parental duties leave mother health related factors competition violence facial masculinity statistical statistics firm conclusions correlations /

GPS shoes help you find your way home

There's no place like home. There's no place like home ...

http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/09/19/gps-shoes/

/ Dorothy click heels together Oz USB /

Apple apes trademarked Swiss railway clock for iPad’s new Clock app

Patent wars?

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/apple-apes-trademarked-swiss-railway-clock-for-ipads-new-clock-app/

/ Apple Apple SVP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive unabashed fan Braun designer Dieter Rams Swiss Federal Railway (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB Switzerland analogue copyright and trademark on the design of its railway station clocks /