The World Bank’s eco-legacy

March 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The World Bank has been widely criticized for funding numerous environmentally damaging projects around the globe. Pictured: Construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, a controversial World Bank-funded project on the River Narmada, India that flooded thousands of acres of land and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. (Media credit/International Rivers via Flickr)

Or lack thereof…

Following disaster, Japanese game market shifts focus

March 14, 2011   1 Comment  

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Regional developers delay, cancel several titles.

Humans absolved of blame in limbless frogs mystery

July 14, 2009   2 Comments  

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Hungry insects and burrowing parasites actually cause frog abnormalities.

Boston’s biggest eyesore: City Hall named ‘World’s Ugliest Building’

Nov. 16, 2008   1 Comment  

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In my college days I used to walk from my North End apartment to the Emerson College campus, which, for the most part stretches around the corner of Boylston and Tremont, just south of Boston Common. Each time I made that walk, I was startled by a wondrous juxtaposition. From the century-old colonial architecture scattered [...]