University of Cambridge officials say they erroneously understood Hawking’s decision to boycott Israeli Presidential Conference was based solely on health concerns. Original post on haaretz.com Comments on reddit.com
BANGKOK — Conservationists at a global wildlife conference on Monday voted to regulate the trade of shark species that have been threatened because their fins are used to make expensive delicacies in Asia. Delegates at the triennial meeting in Bangkok of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna adopted the proposals to put the oceanic whitetip, hammerhead and porbeagle sharks on a list of species whose trade is closely controlled. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Opening Day WCIT /Credit: ITUpictures For the last two weeks some of the planet’s most oppressive regimes have faced off against some of the most powerful Internet advocates in an effort to rewrite a multilateral communications treaty that, if successful, could have changed the nature of the Internet and altered the [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
Failure to sign agreement at ITU conference stops governments having greater powers to control phone calls and data. By Charles Arthur Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Google calls on web users to sign a petition raising concerns that a forthcoming UN conference poses a risk to a Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Google’s public policy director says at an Aspen conference that ‘these patent wars are not helpful to consumers.’ Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Politics and Law. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven’t convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers abo Original post on rollingstone.com Comments on digg.com
Although a cure has not yet been discovered, antiretroviral drugs show promise in preventing the contraction of HIV in healthy people. Original post on mnn.com Comments on digg.com
The trendy confabs are supposed to push ‘ideas worth spreading,’ but are a descendant of the get-better-quick scheme and feed directly into people’s distrust of the intellectual—not to mention the Santorumians’ contempt. Original post on thedailybeast.com Comments on digg.com
Religious Freedom: a euphemism used by Christian groups who embrace subordination and a culture of suppression of other religious viewpoints Original post on politicususa.com Comments on digg.com
WASHINGTON — Potentially problematic and certainly embarrassing video of the General Services Administration’s infamous $820,000 Las Vegas conference has been obtained by The Huffington Post, showing well-dressed employees singing Frank Sinatra, downing margaritas and making light of lavish spending. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
Today kicks off NCAA “March Madness” with the first round of the Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. Cubicle farms across the country will be losing Original post on koldcast.tv Comments on digg.com
A major conference on gynecological advances is permitting only males to speak, the latest move under pressure of ultra-Orthodox leaders… More