Bay Area Economics - PLANetizen
[B]uilding in Southern California is a quick cash business, with homes slapped up in no time. No one is thinking about the long haul. Those buying and selling generally don’t have local roots and lack the understanding of a place’s rhythms that

Cryopreservation techniques bring hopes for women cancer victims and - RxPG
The approach used most widely so far for cryopreservation involves slow freezing, which minimises the damage caused by forming ice crystals to the follicles, the reproductive units containing the individual oocytes (eggs). However a new approach

Tinderbox Nation - Common Dreams
San Diego, with condos sprawled along the canyons and cars that have never seen a muddy road, is about as far from New England in spirit and geography as you can get. But I have family there, and the names of the places where people are either

A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany - Slate
Dispatches from the front lines of travel. Think what you want. I’m not here to convert you. Either you believe in ghosts or you don’t, and if you don’t—well, it’s probably because you haven’t seen one. They say the best believers are those who