The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. Described in a paper published today in the journal Nano Letters, the new wires should provide significant increases in both the longevity and efficiency of fu...

Author Patrick deWitt had a rocky road to publishing his first novel, "Ablutions"--narrowly surviving both the merger and the restructuring of a major publisher. GalleyCat caught up with deWitt for a discussion about DIY publicity and the publishing meltdown. He explained: "I've got a publicist at H...

The Democrats’ strategy of focusing the debate on who the leader of the Republican Party is working, at least in the media. Sadly, the media has taken this question seriously. To their credit, the House Republican leadership team of John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Mike Pence haven’t taken ...

If you read this blog regularly, you will know that I am picky. Given the plethora of websites, resources, search engines and ‘time-saving’ tools out there, why not be?  Since I have been politely asked by the folks at AltSearchEngines to give a list of favoured search engines, I am happy to do...

Justin Raimondo, "The Objectivist Death Cult". Объективи�ты -- �то по�ледователи андроида по имени Ayn Rand. Как показывает �тать�, они почему-то очень кровожадные. И не пон�тно, что тому при...

Xavier Serbia will be a guest on PRSUN Radio next week, promoting his new book in advance of his appearance at a Bronx bookstore. The talk show is planned for 9-9:15 p.m. March 18. Here's a press release: PRNewswire -HISPANIC WIRE -- "La riqueza en cuatro pisos" is a survival manual. Having sufficie...

I appreciate that that's a big claim (it's somewhat reduced and relativised by the fact that we're talking about 'me' - who really cares about what I've learned...), and I don't want to minimise all the other things I've had to learn (and continue to learn) but the reality is that they flow from thi...

“911 what’s your emergency?� the operator asked. “It’s my daughter Tiffany! I just came over and found her unconscious in her bed! Please send someone over here right away! She can’t die!� Tiffany’s mother cried hysterically. “Ma’am, I need you to calm down. What’s the address ...

Author Seth Harwood received a nice write up on the upcoming print release of his book, Jack Wakes Up. From Publishers Weekly: Readers who like their hard-boiled crime fiction violent and gritty will cheer Harwood’s debut. [snip] While the plot line may be familiar, the taut prose and fast pac...

�.С.Шлён�кий, "Закат обще�тва развитого индивидуализма"; также зде�ь. Вот ведь, пожалуй�та, еврей, по его же �об�твенному признанию, а мы�лит по-нашему, по-ру��ки! (Впр...