Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in nanotechnology: paper made from long titanium oxide nanowires. The material can be bent, trimmed, and folded like normal paper, but it’s chemically inert and can withstand temperatures up to 700 Celsius (almost 1300 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Sociologist Frank Furedi writes:
Discussions about the future increasingly tend to focus on whether humans will survive. According to green author and Gaia theorist James Lovelock, ‘before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be kept in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable.’
Bush’s new assertion — and it is apparently going to be his central message in the run-up to the November elections — is that pulling out of Iraq would embolden terrorists and lead them to strike here again.
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