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...hype has gotten well ahead of reality. There is no infrastructure, in the form of battery-charging stations, to support pure electric models. Electric cars now coming to market are also expensive, costing more than $20,000 even with the subsidy, a stiff price in a country where the annual average income is less than $10,000. That's part of the reason that BYD, since introducing a hybrid electric in December, has sold just 80 of them. CEO Wang Chuanfu expects that BYD will lower the price to about $16,000 as the company scales up production. BYD also...
...when researchers discovered the remains of Homo floresiensis, a 3-ft., prehuman "hobbit," in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. The origin of the species and the route it took to Flores have been much discussed since then. Earlier this month, researchers presented work at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, in Chicago, suggesting that H. floresiensis may have left Africa a full million years earlier than any other hominids were thought to have ventured out from the home continent. (Read "The Riddle of the Hobbit...
...Thailand has embarked upon a rocky legislative road, hoping that new laws will fix an old problem. While Brits debated minimum pricing, Thais were arguing the merits of prohibiting alcohol sales during Songkran, or Thai New Year, which runs April 13-15 and is the country's most important annual holiday. This is a bit like Sir Liam banning booze at Christmas. Better known among tourists as the Water Festival, Songkran is famous for mass water-pistol fights and - with millions of Thais visiting their families - insanely busy highways. During last year's festival, 360 people died in road accidents...
...right on over to Ben and Jerry's in the Garage, and get a FREE scoop of ice cream from noon-8pm. You'll be glad you brought that coffee with you while you wait, because sales associates at Ben and Jerry's say that the line for this annual event is usually out the door...
...Saturday night, the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub was awash with booze, boas, and bared backs as cross-dressed students and spectators gathered to celebrate Drag Night, an annual event hosted by the Harvard Queer Students and Allies. The event featured drag musical artists as varied as mermaid “Fishy Snatch” and farm-boy “Oliver Heart,” both of whose stage names have been used in lieu of their real names for this article to protect their privacy. Consistent with the drag tradition, their performances offered a departure from...