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There are millions of weblogs (blogs for short) online, but many never get read. One reason: blog overload makes it hard to find the good stuff. That changed last week when Google launched blogsearch.google.com a cool new indexing tool that points to the latest buzz on any keyword or topic. Google's effort, while useful, is not unique. Here are three other ways to navigate the blogosphere. --By Jeremy Caplan...
...museum located in a medieval castle, with cross-vaulted ceilings and 16th century fresco remnants. The Museo del Tartufo tells the fascinating tale of the native, intensely pungent magnatum pico, or white truffle, which, together with other prestigious truffles such as the black P?rigord, were historically reviled as a tool of witchcraft and sought after by the Romans as an aphrodisiac. Flat screens show mini-documentaries about dog-training methods that prime canines to sniff out the prestigious white truffle; some trainers introduce the fungus to puppies by rubbing it on the mother's teat. Various interactive exhibits encourage visitors...
...prototype. It isn't very efficient; his device uses 35 times as much energy as an electric fridge to make 1 kg of ice. But its simplicity could yield a killer app in Third World villages, where Williams hopes aid groups will distribute his icemaker as an economic-development tool. He aims to field-test it in Haiti later this year. --By Daren Fonda. Reported by Matt Smith/New York
...officials promptly announced a ban on cigarette sales through vending machine. The treaty also calls for a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorships and legislation requiring that prominent health warnings be displayed on packages, discourages deceptive labeling (such as describing cigarettes as "light") and encourages litigation as a tool to stamp out the habit. China joins more than 75 countries (although not the U.S.) in ratifying the treaty, which went into effect earlier this year...
Yoga purists, while encouraging people of all faiths to practice yoga, recoil at the Christian co-opting of its ancient traditions--especially when used as a tool for evangelizing. "We shouldn't use yoga to sell our students anything," says Patricia Walden, a renowned disciple of hatha yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar. Moreover, others argue, Hinduism is not like a recipe ingredient that can be extracted from yoga. Says Subhas Tiwari, professor of yoga philosophy and meditation at the Hindu University of America in Orlando, Fla.: "Yoga is Hinduism...