Broadcasters push for new layer of intellectual monopoly at WIPO

Wednesday, October 5, 2005  Government delegates are meeting this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) general assembly in Geneva to discuss the WIPO Development Agenda. The meeting will determine how developing countries must implement existing controversial intellectual property rights laws including copyrights, patents, and trademarks. They will also consider the disputed proposal for […]

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Aurora Borealis caused by electrical space tornadoes

Wednesday, April 29, 2009  THEMIS space probes discovered that the Northern lights are seen when electrical tornadoes, rotating faster than a million miles an hour, hover about 40,000 miles (60,000 km) above the earth. The energy spins down to the Earth’s ionosphere where the tornadoes become unstable, and interact with the Earth’s magnetic field. Professor Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, […]

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Dress code threats close Peshawar schools

Tuesday, February 27, 2007  Schools in the city Peshawar, Pakistan were closed for two days at the end of last week after anonymous threats were received warning female students to wear veils in class. The threats, believed originating from members of the Taliban movement, along with the detention of two would-be suicide bombers before they […]

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Electric vehicles can be less green than classic fuel cars, Norwegian study finds

Sunday, October 7, 2012  A Norwegian University of Science and Technology study released Thursday found electric vehicles have a potential for higher eco-toxicity and greenhouse impact than conventional cars. The study includes an examination of the electric car’s life cycle as a whole rather than a study of the electric car’s environmental impact during the […]

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UK company “seriously considering” GPS tracking devices in school uniforms

Saturday, August 25, 2007  The leading supplier of school uniforms in the United Kingdom, Lancashire-based manufacturer Trutex, has announced it is “seriously considering” including GPS tracking devices in future ranges of its uniform products after conducting an online survey of both parents and children. “As a direct result of the survey, we are now seriously […]

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