by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It is that time of year again when the great majority of the people around the world are preparing for the feast of consumerism, that is referred to as Christmas and claimed to be the birth day of one Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as the Christ. MORE >>

In the Independent yesterday Chancellor George Osborne is rumored to be planning to use his Autumn Statement this week to announce tax breaks for companies that carry out controversial fracking, arguing that boosting the shale gas industry is vital to economic growth. MORE >>

The Better Place electric transportation company was founded in California’s silicon valley, not far from where the Tesla electric car company began. But while Tesla and Chevy’s Volt electric cars have been sold in the United States, Better Place didn’t enter the fickle US electric car market. MORE >>

We here at 10,000 Birds are regularly amazed and astounded at the sheer size of our audience. We sometimes feel like don’t know what exactly it is that we are doing but it seems to be working. November of 2012 was especially surprising as we had our most visitors ever! All of us at 10,000 Birds say Thank You! Asides MORE >>

Nylon, Kevlar and other synthetic fabrics: Step aside. If new scientific research pans out, people may be sporting shirts, blouses and other garments made from fibers modeled after those in the icky, super-strong slime from a creature called the hagfish. The study appears in ACS’ journal Biomacromolecules. MORE >>