Sappiamo tutti che i giovani amano fruire della musica sempre ed in qualunque luogo si trovino. La tecnologia è venuta incontro a tale esigenza costruendo degli apparecchi di riproduzione di piccolissime dimensioni dotati di cuffiette stereo ad alta fedeltà (gli I-pod, per intenderci), così che nemmeno una nota possa sfuggire alle orecchie dei fanatici melomani.
Ma oggi le orecchie non servono più.

A chi ama viaggiare in vita, una società svizzera permette di andare a spasso anche dopo la morte.

In che modo?
Ma è chiaro, trasformandolo in un diamante di gran pregio.

La tecnologia ha fatto passi da gigante e con opportune tecniche la società svizzera Algordanza (che significa ricordo in lingua romancia) riesce a trasformare una salma in un diamante utilizzando gli stessi metodi con cui si producono i diamanti artificiali.

Il paesaggio sinfonico, leggibile nelle forme e
gerarchicamente ordinato, non esiste più. La
rivoluzione critica ha portato al progressivo
distacco tra cultura architettonica e società,
destrutturando la dimensione locale del
territorio e rinunciando ai suoi fondamentali
presupposti civili.

I grandi chef fanno tra di loro un esperimento, si tratta del “gioco dell’ultimo pasto”: è la tua ultima sera, hai un ultimo pasto a disposizione, cosa scegli di mangiare? Le risposte riguardano sempre piatti molto semplici: costolette d’agnello, spaghetti al pomodoro, ricotta fresca. Nessuno indica mai il menù degustazione di Alain Ducasse, o la straordinaria cucina di Ferran Adrià.
Tratto da “Infucina. La cucina a zero CO2”, a cura di AzzeroCO2

The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has named the laureates of the 2008 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education. They were selected on the recommendation of an international jury whose meeting this year was held in Bahrain for the first time.

China’s Shanghai TV University is rewarded for its project Turning the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunity: The Project for Building the Digital Lifelong Learning System in Shanghai. The project reaches 230 community learning centres in the Shanghai area and addresses the needs for digital literacy of students, lifelong learners, working adults, senior residents and members of the general public from diversified backgrounds. 

Winners in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), conducted under the patronage of UNESCO, were announced at a special ceremony held on 11 November on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The UNESCO Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion of cultural diversity went to the Iranian documentary feature film Tinar.
More than 700 film industry luminaries from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States attended the second annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The Awards were determined by an International Jury headed by Academy Award nominated Australian Director Bruce Beresford. 

Geneva - Outbreaks of food contamination occur regularly across the world, and illness and death from diseases caused by unsafe food are a constant threat to populations everywhere. However, the full picture of the impact and costs of foodborne diseases - in industrialized as well as developing countries - is to date unknown. Many foodborne disease outbreaks go unrecognized, unreported or uninvestigated and may only be visible if connected to major public health or economic impact.

GOMA/GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and health partners have launched an intensive operation to prevent and control the increase in the number of cholera cases, which have tripled in some areas to 150 a week, amid the recent escalation of violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Insecurity, massive population displacement (at least 250 000 people since early August), weak health services and a lack of safe water and proper sanitation facilities have caused a marked increase in the number of people with cholera in North and South Kivu.

13 November 2008 - GOMA/GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and health partners have launched an intensive operation to prevent and control the increase in the number of cholera cases, which have tripled in some areas to 150 a week, amid the recent escalation of violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Insecurity, massive population displacement (at least 250 000 people since early August), weak health services and a lack of safe water and proper sanitation facilities have caused a marked increase in the number of people with cholera in North and South Kivu.

31 October, 2008 ¦ GOMA/GENEVA -- The World Health Organization and Italy will be sending 10 tonnes of medical supplies to help the tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Intensive efforts are needed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among the fleeing population and to treat the physical trauma caused by the violence. 
The World Health Organization is coordinating the health response to the emergency, and today convened an urgent meeting of partners including UN agencies, international and national nongovernmental organization and government health providers. The meeting was held to identify the urgent health needs confronting those in the affected areas.