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The threshold for being overweight and obese should be lowered for British Asians, experts say.

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Cutting calories may delay the ageing process and reduce the risk of disease, a long-term study of monkeys suggests.

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

We’re fans of Core77, “a gathering point for designers and enthusiasts alike”. Clogger Allan Chochinov also teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York, in a course called “MFA Designer As Author” where they look at the issues of design and-
Our focus is on authorship in the broadest sense: Beginning with a viable […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Photo: Core77
The Secret Ingredient is Love
Our friends at Core77 know beautiful design, but they’re really surpassed themselves with the Dutch Master super-duper-limited edition bike. The goal is to celebrate New York bike culture, and an heritage of local manufacturing. Only 25 Dutch Master bikes have been made, all hand built by in Brooklyn by KT […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Photo: Core77
The Secret Ingredient is Love
Our friends at Core77 know beautiful design, but they’re really surpassed themselves with the Dutch Master super-duper-limited edition bike. The goal is to celebrate New York bike culture, and an heritage of local manufacturing. Only 25 Dutch Master bikes have been made, all hand built by in Brooklyn by KT […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Photo via Drew Wheeler
The Pacific Garbage Patch is drawing in quite the rush of explorers and scientists, from David de Rothschild to Project Kaisei and the research team’s efforts to explore clean-up options. It’s also drawing in Algalita Marine Research Foundation’s research vessel the Alguita. The crew is …

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

The above video shows what augmented reality - taking in the real world on a device and layering computer generated data over it - could mean. Essentially, you can point your phone at something and the data for whatever it’s seeing pops up on your screen. Here…

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

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Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy, bio-diverse ecosystems. I am a vegetarian, but I maintain there is a place for grass-fed […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Photo: Stirling Energy Systems
New and Improved Solar Thermal Collection Dish
While a lot of people think about photovoltaic panels when “solar power” is mentioned, solar thermal must not be underestimated. One of the players in that field is Stirling Energy Systems (SES), who we’ve written about before when they set a new world re…

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None