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GOOD News: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

GOOD — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:57 +0000

You may recognize the pop stylings of GOOD News’s musical guests, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, from their recent iPod Touch commercial. The Danish band just released their first EP, Around the Bend, to be followed early next year by a full-length recording. Catch them live in the GOOD News studio and (if you’re in New York) tonight at Webster Hall. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour (Official Site) The Asteroids Galaxy Tour at Girlie Action

GOOD News: Somali Pirates 101

GOOD — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:17 +0000

News of the seizure of at least four ships this week by Somali pirates has some scratching their heads. Pirates? Those still exist? They may not have peg legs and eyepatches, but roving bands of fishermen-turned-renegades are patrolling Somali waters, ostensibly as a makeshift coast guard. What’s really going on in the Gulf of Aden? It’s time for Somali Pirates 101.

GOOD News: Grapes of Economic Wrath

GOOD — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:14 +0000

Declarations of recession are pouring out of Europe and Asia, and speculations are flying that the United States isn’t far behind. With the world economy in a crunch, consumers are spending less money and buying fewer luxury items, a trend that has been noted in sales of wine both in the market and at restaurants. To cope, restaurants like Braeburn in New York City have skewed their wine lists toward more affordable wines, and retailers…

GOOD News: Six Feet Under Six Feet Under

GOOD — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:28 +0000

Great Britain is running out of space for its dead, and a new scheme set to begin in 2009 will allow local authorities to create doubledecker graves. But the British aren’t the only ones with innovative ideas for dealing with the dead. Michael Bartalos, editor of the forthcoming book Speaking of Death: America’s New Sense of Mortality, shares a few of his thoughts on the topic of alternatives to traditional burial. More room on top -…

GOOD News: Today’s KKK

GOOD — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:43 +0000

In the wake of the murder of a woman who allegedly backed out of a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual in Louisiana, GOOD News talks to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center regarding the state of the KKK today.

GOOD News: Deconstructing Bond

GOOD — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:00:54 +0000

It’s Casual Friday at GOOD News, and Roger Numbers is joined again by film critic Daniel Holloway. This week, they watch the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, and muse on Agent 007’s evolution from Roger Moore’s 1970s swinger to Daniel Craig’s darker, more complicated killer. Quantum of Solace opens today in theaters everywhere.

GOOD News: Colombian Rebel War 101

GOOD — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:04 +0000

Last week, the head of Colombia’s army resigned in the midst of a scandal over reports that his soldiers had murdered civilians and dressed their bodies in the uniforms of rebel forces in order to inflate the rebel body count. The fight between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has raged on for the last forty years; check in with Roger Numbers for a history lesson.

GOOD News: Secret Life of Rocks

GOOD — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:30 +0000

A rock that absorbs CO2? This is more science fiction, right? Not so, says Juerg Matter, a scientist from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. In a new study, published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Matter suggests that a simple hunk of peridotite could be the answer to at least some of our global warming woes. Solid.In situ carbonation of peridotite for CO2 storage (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)Emission Facts: Average…

GOOD News Does the (Military) Robot

GOOD — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:47 +0000

The future of fighting is now, at least in Pakistan, where a recent drone missile attack killed 10 to 13 people in a strike on suspected Al Qaeda targets. Learn more about military robots in GOOD’s seven part series on the subject, premiering today right here at good.is/video. Part 1: The ABCs of War Part 2: Soldiers and Their Bots Part 3: The Overcrowded Skies Part 4: Rescue Bots Part 5: Legs With Brains Part 6: A God’s Eye View Part 7:…

Part 1: The ABCs of War Bots

GOOD — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:51:22 +0000

Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers detonating explosives from miles away. What’s next on the battlefields of the future? Military robots are rolling, flying, and swimming into conflict zones, aiding and protecting their human counterparts. We take a closer look at these robo-warriors in our new series, “Military Robots.” Continued in Part 2, “Soldiers and Their Bots.”