The news that less than 500,000 Malawians out of a population of 13.1 million own passports may seem strange to others, but not to me. In Malawi, most people apply for passports when they see that there is a possibility that they will leave the country in the near future. In my case, I got [...]

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I did not want to blog today but one tweet that landed on my home has forced me to change my mind. Ashton Kutcher, an American based actor, is trying to use the Malaria problem in Africa in his quest for personal glory.  It all started when Ashton Kutcher challenged CNN for  Twitter supremacy. As [...]

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Last week, two major Japan news sites (Japan Times and Japan Today), that I like to visit, reported that Yokohama City on Sunday, 5th April, inaugurated the Yokohama Science Frontier High School, a new public high school emphasizing the teaching of advanced science and technology. The aim of this school is to nurture Japanese scientists [...]

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As I was searching the net for recent posts on ethanol, I stumbled on the Biofuelwar blog where there is an announcement of the Second Annual Waste-to-Fuels Conference & Trade Show, sponsored by the Florida BioFuels Association, Inc.; the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.; and the American Recycler . This Waste-to-Fuels Conference and Trade Show [...]

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