“Cocaine is an environmental disaster. According to the Colombian government (not, admittedly, the most trustworthy source on such matters) every gram of cocaine you take destroys 4 square metres of rainforest.”
ponders the implications of booming cocaine use in the UK
“For years it’s been hounded by critics, regulators and hackers. But with Bing, its new search engine, Microsoft has a good shot at becoming the new Google.”
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“Twitter and its creators are worthy of being considered for the Nobel peace prize.”
on the revolutionary power of microblogging
Good week for…
Galapagos tortoises , the last remaining member of the Pinta Island subspecies, is about to become a father at the age of 90
Bad week for…
Science writers Wired.com has named and shamed the in science journalism: holy grail, silver bullet, shedding light, missing link and paradigm shift. Who hasn’t used one of those?
In the polls
“12 per cent of Americans consider the moon landings to be the US’s greatest achievement of the past 50 years, down from 18 per cent in 1999, according to a poll by ”
