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Monthly Archives: November 2010
World Food Program’s Interactive Game Helps Fight Global Hunger
In the face of an economic recession and donor fatigue, the WFP has created an online game to help alleviate global hunger. Freerice.com created in 2007 challenges participants to find the correct meaning of words in a multiple choice format. … Continue reading
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Another “Wall” in Israel
Israel has started construction on another wall, this time on the border with Egypt. The 155 mile wall, which will be an electric fence equipped with surveillance technology, is expected to take a year to construct and is intended to … Continue reading
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Life on Mars…for Humans?
Time Magazine reports that scientists are proposing what essentially amounts to a colonization of Mars in the coming decades. Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies, college professors and scientists, believe that humans may need to expand into outer space to ensure … Continue reading
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Japanese Oil Company Invests in Solar Energy
A Japanese oil refiner, Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, has invested a large stake in alternative energy sources, says the Wall Street Journal. Showa Shell is one of Japan’s largest oil companies. Its $1.25 billion investment in Solar Frontier KK will … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Alternative Energy, japan, Natural Resources, oil, solar energy
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EU Working to Revamp Online Privacy Legislation
The right to privacy has been a hot-button topic in the EU for years. Since the 1995 Data Protection Directive the EU has made online privacy and anti-consumer tracking measures a top priority. Now faced with the deeper challenges of … Continue reading
Posted in Science and Technology
Tagged Consumer Tracking, EU, Facebook, Google, Privacy
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