New York to London via Bearing Straits?

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A remnant of the Last Ice Age, the strait between Alaska and the Russian Far East is thought to have been a land-bridge for late Palaeolithic human trans-migrations, from the Old World to the New, perhaps dating to 85,000 years ago. (See AMERICAN INDIAN — An Overview on the Ascension University CMS) Over the past … Read more

Startup Scene

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In the past year or so, there have been some important developments that have dramatically changed the startup landscape. First, entrepreneurs involved with startups have grown more sophisticated, experienced and creative about how they start, operate and finance a new business. These are people who have been earning their stripes and valuable experience working for … Read more

The Entrepreneurial Education of Researchers

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The National Science Foundation wants to take researchers’ big ideas from the laboratory to marketplace through a new program called Innovation Corps. The public-private partnership between NSF, the Kauffman Foundation, and the Deshpande Foundation will provide $50,000 grants to help scientists turn research into viable products, says NSF program manager Errol Arkilic. The grants are … Read more

Struggling with Europe’s Highest Jobless Rate

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Spanish debt has again been in the firing line on financial markets after a review for possible downgrade from credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday. It cited weak growth and hefty regional spending as key challenges for the euro zone’s fourth largest economy. Spain’s prime minister called early elections on Friday, gambling that a summer … Read more

Netanyahu: “Combine the twin pursuits of a free market and social justice.”

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The prime minister said his government had initiated three “revolutions”: First, by “changing the way we treat land that the government holds, [as] our aim is not to maximize profit on land, but rather the opposite, to cut the price of land”; second, by correcting a market failure and introducing housing for low-cost rent; and … Read more

En Route to Dadaab

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In Somalia, the first shipment of food was delivered Wednesday to Mogadishu, the first shipment since the official declaration of a famine just over a week ago. But the U.N. said it cannot get aid to more than two million people who are unable to flee the country’s south – territories controlled by rebels linked … Read more

Masquerading in Conservative Garb

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Masquerading in Conservative Garb by Robert H. Kalk for www.SchoolOfStatesmanship.org The professional politician has created an illusion for every situation. And for those constituents with an exaggerated sense of entitlement, privilege will always be made to seem like an open ended right. They have fully embraced a latter day “golden gimmick” to give themselves a … Read more

Origami-Inspired Folding House

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Ming Tang’s beautiful origami-inspired Folded Bamboo Houses are intended for use as temporary shelters in the aftermath of a disaster. These shelters are constructed from a variety of renewable materials and can be folded into structurally sound shapes. A system of bamboo poles are pre-assembled to form a rigid geometry thus allowing a range of … Read more

HexaYurts to the Rescue

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To rapidly create shelter from materials in the local supply chain consider the hexayurt. The simplest hexayurt will last for years in most climates and cost less than $100. Make a wall by putting six sheets of plywood on their sides in a hexagon. Cut six more sheets in half diagonally, and screw them together … Read more