Archive for September, 2009

New-found frugality and the tendency to save more may be permanent changes brought about by the U.S. recession, according to a new national survey released on Friday.

Michael Musnick is a citizen scientist who studies wood turtles in the Great Swamp — a stretch of wetland 60 miles north of New York City. He found turtles dying in the railroad tracks and proposed a solution to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority: tiny turtle bridges.

World leaders at the G-20 summit have agreed tough financial rules to avert another global crisis, US President Barack Obama says.

One of the biggest questions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program — which it claims is only for civilian nuclear power — is what it intends to do with an advanced enrichment system.

Barack Obama and Gordon Brown accuse Iran of building a secret nuclear fuel plant – and demand that Tehran immediately halt its activities.

Jet Airways to Launch New Delhi – Hong Kong Flights.

UEFA is investigating forty cases of match-fixing involving Champions League and UEFA Cup matches.


A new believe is firmly advancing among many educators and reseachers that thinking is invariably interwoven into the context of a problem or the issue at hand. It is thus possible to assume that much of human learning is situated or contextualised.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and legislators said they’re making progress in talks on balancing the budget but remain divided on whether to cut state spending on public schools.

The G20 will play a larger role in guiding the world’s financial system, the US says, giving emerging economies a bigger say.