We shouldn’t jump to find an immediate cause for the ups and downs and calamities that befall us, argues one trader
Newstokens or Newsbucks? Can new currency save journalism?
Online tokens, like for arcade games, could make it easy to pay for online content
Strongest hurricanes may double in frequency, study says
In a warmer world, the western Atlantic may suffer far more intense hurricanes by the end of the century
Data geek-out: slick Google graphs of world stats
You can now assemble custom charts from World Bank data
How to support writing in an age of free info?
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book is available for free online, which creates a quandry—to buy or not to buy?
Fifty ways to interrogate your dinner
Technologies to track your food back to its sources could help fight climate change and help sustainability
Cheap and noisy chips could improve climate predictions
To match a chaotic world, climate simulations could be more accurate if run on computer chips with a bit of imprecision
Spare Some Bandwidth?
Computer scientists in Pakistan are building a system to boost download speeds in the developing world by letting people effectively share their bandwidth.
Bringing order to online discussions about climate change
Researchers at MIT are creating an online forum that they say will help foster more organized debate and critical thinking on climate change
