News From Thomas Homer-Dixon

24.5.07

TERROR IN THE WEATHER FORECAST
DOES climate change threaten international peace and security? The British government thinks it does. As this month's head of the United Nations Security Council, Britain convened a debate on the matter last Tuesday. One in four United Nations member countries joined the discussion — a record for this kind of thematic debate.





A THEORY OF SOCIETAL COLLAPSE (pdf)




NOTABLE READINGS: The Future of Coal



All You Ever Wanted To Know About Shoelace

23.5.07

Ian's Shoelace Site

Exoskeleton

HAL-5 Robot Suit

The BLEEX Project

Just When You Thought It Was Safe

15.5.07




Biofuelwatch highlight the environmental impacts of the global biofuel market, especially the vast releases of greenhouse gases and considerable biodiversity losses they can cause. We campaign for regulation to ensure only sustainably-sourced biofuels can be sold in the EU.

From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine

14.5.07

From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
By WALT BOGDANICH and JAKE HOOKER

The Panama Syndrome (video)
A poisonous solvent sold by counterfeiters and mixed into drugs has figured in mass poisonings around the world that killed thousands.

April Playlist

7.5.07



  • Yourcodenameis: Milo - All Roads To Fault
  • DJ Green Lantern - Sirius Invasion
  • Squeeze - Argybargy
  • Caveman - The Whole Nine Yards
  • Demon Boyz - Recognition
  • ILIKETRAINS - Spencer Perceval
  • Low - Drums & Guns
  • Cilvaringz - I
  • John Bender - I Don't Remenber Now