1) We have no right to complain. "Americans entitled to cheap gas -- right?"

2) We should pay more for gas anyway.

3) If we did Iraq right, gas would be cheaper:

4) Obesity is now a global issue. The World Health Organization enters the picture:

5) Things are tough enough. $45,000 is poverty level in Los Angeles:

Need a good, free antivirus app for Windows? Here's the 46 best freeware utilities for PCs:

The first 40-inch organic LED display:

Artificial muscle technology is coming along:

Here's how Apple's nifty spam filter makes use of latent semantic analysis to successfully mark 98% of spam mail:

The beautiful story of the last pure Hawaiian land, and William Kaihe'ekai Mai'oho, whose family has guarded King Kamehameha's bones for 185 years:

This is one of the best Web-based data visualization apps I've seen! You could mine this public database for all manner of interesting purposes. Fundrace - see which of your neighbors contributed to what campaign, and see how whole cities are funding:

Two teen poetry students give a public anti-Iraq/Bush reading. Their teacher is fired and the poetry club shut down:

"U.S. demands war crimes immunity":

Spain clubgoers are implanted with RFID chips:

Attract tenants with wireless:

The story of a really, really bad neighbor:

A "talking toilet" gadget that scolds men if they put the toilet seat up sells over 1.6 million units:

Eight years ago my old startup bought from Peapod every week. Now online groceries are coming back!

Rupert Murdoch's first commercial waste-to-oil plant launched and makes 200 barrels a day from the turkey processing plant next door. It's 80% efficient and runs on its own energy:

LANL researchers have figured out how to use nanotechnology to boost solar cell efficiency as much as 37%!

$20 biodegradable cardboard speakers pack flat and actually sound decent:

The "organic" food label is losing its fight to mainstream mediocrity:

Rampant pollution and dead bodies in India's holy Ganga (Ganges) river:

Drink coffee before hitting the bar! "Caffeine May Prevent Liver Damage":

Do women plan during sex?

The new Deck House (I want a Porch House):

More pictures of the eco-prefab Glidehouse:

Seattle's new public library looks quirky outside but is astounding inside. May make you rethink the role of (public) architecture. And check out the great VR movies:

One of my favorite movies, THX-1138 (George Lucas' first film) is being rereleased on DVD. Hope he doesn't screw it up like he did Star Wars:

The beautiful abandoned island of Gukanjima:

Will the RIAA create artificial scarcity in the $3 billion cellphone ringtone market?

The New World Symphony uses Internet2 videoconferencing for orchestra training:

How iTunes sharing is creating music- based social networks in colleges:

Bought music from the iTunes Music Store? Here's the easiest tutorial I've found on how to remove the copy protection:

The entire Grateful Dead live music vaults are now online at the Internet Archive: