Paul Taylor's Fleshing Out the Maelstrom: Biopunk and the Violence of Information, from M/C, and some related slides.
On the biopunk revolution, from Annalee Newitz's Techsploitation column. [via Bifurcated Rivets]
Random access memory: an experiment in collective recollection [via Bifurcated Rivets]
Space station crew members will go out Monday to remove this piece of wire blocking the Progress' docking hatch.
Propellantless space travel? Scientists from EarthTech International propose using zero-point energy to drive the interstellar ships.
How much oil is left? Morning Edition talks about the debate in the context of dropping prices today and rising U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern supplies.
NPR's Nina Totenberg gives background on COPA and then reports on the Supreme Court hearing on the law.
Zimbabwe's war on "terrorist journalists" escalates: new law requires journalists to be citizens and to be registered if working for a foreign paper.
Ashcroft is considering relaxing the restrictions preventing the FBI from spying on religious and political organizations.
