Stories about Science from November, 2006
Malawi: Malawian windmill
Hactivate has a moving story about a windmill in Malawi, “The windmill stands on a tripod of wooden polls about five metres above the ground. It consists of locally-available materials...
Barbados: Biodegrdable plastic?
Considering the volume of plastic trash on Barbados’ beaches and elsewhere, Barbados Free Press wonders whether it's time Barbados mandated the use of biodegradable plastics.
Mexico: Electronics for a Good Cause
Beth Kanter interviews Maria Estela Godinez, a high school student from San Francisco del Rincón, México who “built a glove that allows speech-challenged people to move their fingers in a...
South Asia: Politics, Happiness, Religion and The Birds
The latest from different blogs about the following South Asian Countries: Bangladesh: Bangladesh is facing a political crisis. Unheard Voices: Drishtipat group blog informs about a citizens movement in Bangladesh...
Japan: paper plane
JP on Japundit blogs a recent world record set up by elementary school students in Hiroshima: creating the world’s largest paper airplane and flying it.
Africa: A low IQ and poverty
Naija blog on the claim by an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics that Africans are poor because of a low IQ.
Argentina: Darwin in South America
“Interested in South America and have a scientific bent? Then lose yourself for weeks among the complete work of Charles Darwin, now available online. It’s quite an astonishing collection pulled...
Ethiopia: turning mortar shells into coffee machines
Turning mortar shells into coffee machines in Ethiopia: Azmeraw Zeleke is turning burnt-out shells into cylinders used in coffee machines…He uses old mortar shells, which stand about one metre high,...
