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POPSQuake aftermath in Dujiangyan, Sichuan -pics Remember, for the vast majority these are ONE CHILD parents. The loss of any child is unbearable but to lose your only one is imaginable. Let us judge the Chinese government on how they deal with the aftermath of this disaster that diminishes the scale of Katrina. Yet we still remember the aftermath of Katrina and how the Bush government didn't deal with its largely man-made disaster.
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POPSDiego Garcia: a true Exodus! same Colonists! Could the Brits get it right this time and make up a little for its cockup of 60 years ago that the whole world is paying for in fear and terror and not just the Brits that fled from its responsibilities as 'Protector'. But where did it leave EVER when there was not the seeds of war in its departure?
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POPSInca Skull Surgeons Were "Highly Skilled," The new findings show that Inca surgeons had developed a detailed knowledge of cranial anatomy, said lead author Valerie Andrushko, of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. "These people were skilled surgeons," she said.
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POPSGet Vista's Best Features in XP Lifehacker covers Vista's small and large features missing from XP, separates them into three categories: applications, functional, and aesthetic (e.g., transparency is aesthetic, the new start menu search is functional). This list is not exhaustive, but it does cover the features readers feel make Vista worth it.
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POPSBlood Money: Chiquita Banana Pays Paramilitaries Protection Money Of course, Chiquita has a bad record South of the border, just as the Guatemalans. They have operated in these countries for decades, they knew what was what. When the Army failed them, they called in the AUC. The CEO of Chiquita admitted on camera that if they had not "volunteered" the info, nothing would have happened. And the State and Justice Departments are not investigating, even after a former AUC leader volunteered to turn state evidence.
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POPSNew twist to matter-antimatter mystery Here is an "almost breakthrough" A major mystery of modern physics is why normal matter particles are the building blocks of the observable universe. Why are we not made of antimatter? Or pure energy? Scientists speculate that a tiny imbalance in the early universe allowed a small fraction of normal matter – one particle for every one billion – to avoid annihilation and survive to form stars, planets, and humans. When we come to know that we don't know, there is a new place for hope...
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POPSTaser Creates Peel-and-Stick Electrified Film Taser International is still thinking of new ways to paralyze people, this time with an adaptable stick on surface for any device. From a PR perspective, the company can always argue that these semi-brutal devices are just innovative ways to avoid lethal force.
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POPSAT&T + Verizon Split Most-Wanted BlackBerrys AT&T has first dibs on the new, speedy (3G) BlackBerry Bold, officially announced yesterday. But it looks like Verizon (and European parent company Vodafone) have rights to the Thunder, a touchscreen BlackBerry set to launch in Q3. Which trumps which? The real iPhone killer looks to be the Thunder...
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POPSIcahn After Yahoo? Icahn may be reworking the landscape of corporate America, one shareholder battle at a time. He pushed BEA into Oracles' arms; he got Motorola to agree to try to sell its handset division. And now Yahoo? It could wind up with the Redmond boys after all.
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