The second post in our ongoing Ethical Blogging series – this time I’m going to take a look at the idea of monetising websites, and in particular the use of advertisements.
Ozone Layer depletion levelling off: new study
A recent study coming out of Sweden has shown that the speed at which the ozone layer is depleting has leveled off, even possibly reversing slightly.
Are we still educating kids to go out and conquer the 1980s?
Here’s an interesting question, and one that raises a number of points for us at Future Conscience: are educational institutions doing enough to address the reality of the workplace in the twenty first century?
Down at the pub with Kim Stanley Robinson, Geoff Ryman and Paul McAuley
In conjunction with New Scientist’s recent special on science fiction, they held a meetup in a pub with some of the greatest sci-fi writers of the current era. This intimate and relaxed setting was an experiment for New Scientist, we were told, and developed out of a somewhat failed attempt at a much larger event.
New Scientist and the return of science fiction
New Scientist today released a great issue, which has a number of pages devoted to the genre of sci-fi overseen by one of the genre’s masters Kim Stanley Robinson.
Facebook now more populated than the USA
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced on the official blog that they have now surpassed the 300 million user mark. This is quite astounding news, and it’s quite likely that Facebook now has a user population larger than the United States.