British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News.

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  The Latest Buzz About Alcohol and Heart Health

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:03 PM ET

  champagne bottle, several in the global health sciences community are reacting with a "not so fast!" take on the announcement, as indicated by the BBC. Many point to the known health risks caused by excessive alcohol consumption, issuing caution against taking the self-medication through alcoho Read More

  More like this in: Diet, Spain, Heart Disease, Alcoholic Beverages, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Food & Drink
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  'A Global eBay for Caring'

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:23 PM ET

  site will function as a virtual global community for those who want to reach out and do good in the world on a range of social issues, reports BBC News."The idea, is to create a world online Peace Corps or a global eBay for caring," Noble told the UK's E-Government Bulletin Live. With see Read More

  More like this in: Bill Gates, Barack Obama, eBay, Activism, Copenhagen, Networking, DonorsChoose, TwitCause, GlobalGiving, Network for Good
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  Satellite to Fine-tune Our Knowledge of Water Cycle

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  of improved climate models and will aid the efforts of water managers focused on agricultural and drinking water purposes alike.As explained by BBC, SMOS is the second offering of a trio of satellites with differing contributions to an improved understanding of planetary systems. The first Read More

  More like this in: Water, Drinking Water, Ocean, Maps, European Space Agency (ESA), Science, Europe, Space, Energy, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Children in Need Concert Adds a Knight

  By David Jenison | Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM ET

  as Muse, Leona Lewis, Snow Patrol, Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal. BBC One will also broadcast the concert sometime that weekend and air highlights on BBC Radio on Nov. 19 in anticipation of the charity's Nov. 20 fundraising drive.Children in Need, founded in 2002, help needy children, colleg Read More

  More like this in: Leona Lewis, Charity, London, India, fundraising, Radio, Children In Need, Royal Albert Hall
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  And One Charger to Unite Them All!

  By Steve Tanner | Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  chargers that will do away with the dizzying array of chargers that clutter our digital world, according to BBC News and widely reported elsewhere. BBC points out that 51,000 tons of redundant chargers are produced every year, so this will cut down on waste as well as expense and frustration.Th Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Tech Does Good, Gadgets
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  Rich Support Wealth Tax

  By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:43 PM ET

  for the rich is the only constructive way to aid economic and social programs that are suffering in the current economic climate. According to the BBC, the groups says that Germany could raise 100 billion Euros if the richest people paid a five percent wealth tax for two years. They say ther Read More

  More like this in: Money, Education, Germany, Taxes, World, Business, Europe, Economy, Personal Finance, Giving
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  Uruguay: One Laptop for Every Student

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  cost the Uruguayan government, however the per-unit cost including maintenance, repairs, training and Internet connectivity is $260. As the BBC article states, the XO laptop program represents 5 percent of Uruguay's education budget.Miguel Brechner, director of the Technologica Read More

  More like this in: Education, Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child, World, Technology, Social Responsibility, Americas, Tech Does Good, Giving, Development
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  Mother-infant Bonding Patterns Same in Humans, Macaques

  By David Bois | Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  that included all manner of fawning and cooing one would expect to see in a human mom spending quality time with her new baby according to the BBC. The behaviors cited in the study included long, fixed gazes, exaggerated facial expressions, and a lip-smacking touch that the scientist Read More

  More like this in: National Institutes of Health, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Ship Logs Set to Shore Up Historical Climate Knowledge

  By David Bois | Tue Oct 6, 2009 3:58 PM ET

  century ago are hampered by the simple fact that the means of gathering information we can today take for granted just did not exist. But as the BBC reports, an unlikely source of observational data may provide an embarrassment of riches in aiding climate scientists put together a mor Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Weather, Charles Darwin, Science, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  U.S. Army Turns Trash Into Fuel

  By Steve Tanner | Mon Oct 5, 2009 2:59 PM ET

  process itself isn't so new and is used by the chemical industry for everything from charcoal and gasoline to PVC piping material. But, as BBC News explains, the use of pyrolysis solely to create energy from waste is relatively new.A German company called PyTEC makes most of th Read More

  More like this in: Iraq, Afghanistan, Fox News, U.S. Army, Technology, Science, Green Tech, Energy