How To Stop a Killer Asteroid

via mary1in. source: boston.com

World Labor by Country

Breakdown by agriculture, industry, services and unemployment.

Click to view infographic. creditloan.com

Climate Through the Ages

Click to view. via roomthily:fuckyeahinfo. source: timesonline.co.uk

The lost decade for the economy

via ilovecharts. source: washingtonpost.com

…mandroids, brain transplants and single global currency:

Innovation Timeline 1900-2050

Click to view pdf online - or download at nowandnext.com

…a roadmap for the exploration of current & future trends:

Trends & Technology Timeline 2010+

Click to view pdf online - or download at nowandnext.com

via roomthily:fuckyeahinfo:loichay

Scampering-the-Swan. via roomthily: urbancartography

Is College Worth It?

The average college freshman spends over 10 hours a week partying…

…and a mere 8 hours a week studying.

Click to view infographic. onlineeducation.net

The Social Media Pool

via mary1in:The Social Media Pool

The moral code in Economics:   …well, if there is one - how does it work?

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code:

The hidden reasons we think it’s OK to Cheat or Steal.

16min video. ted.com

China’s New Train Is Faster Than a Speeding Bullet.

China’s new train is the fastest in the world, traveling at an average speed of 217 miles per hour. Passengers making the 663 mile trek from central China to south China will see their trip time cut from six hours to just two hours and 45 minutes—roughly the time it takes to get from, say, Coney Island to the Bronx on the MTA in NYC.

via Stephanie Schomer at fastcompany.com

The Internet may Kill Newspapers and that might not matter.

Can a world without newspapers survive?

via boingboing.net. Go to the article at economist.com

ShadowStats.com founder John Williams explains the risk of hyperinflation.

Interview from fairfieldweekly.com

Sometimes You Need to Think Outside of the Socket. dvice.com

50 SCIENCE SAGAS FOR 50 YEARS

Alan Boyle summarize the past 50 years of discoveries in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics.

• Read article at cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Interactive Timeline based on this article
• see also: Top 10 science stories of the decade. msnbc.msn.com